I DON'T OWN ANYTHING! THERE…THAT SHOULD DO IT. STORRY TIME!
October 2nd
The sun gently sneaked through the window, making thin rays of light shine on two bodies that were motionless, except the gentle rising and falling of their chests. Embry groaned as he slowly woke up, feeling tight and sore from sleeping on the couch. He opened his eyes to see Bella flushed and peaceful, her eyelashes gently shadowing her cheeks, her hair splayed widely behind her, her head still lying on his shoulder. He sighed. Could he really spill his guts to her? It sounded possible, but he knew he would mess up somehow. It's not like it just pop up in a conversation.
"Hey Bella, you know why I wear this hood all the time? It's because I have freaky scars and pale eye." Definitely NO! He looked at his clock that was underneath the TV to see it was ten o'clock in the morning. He slowly wiggled out of Bella's hold to make coffee and breakfast. He dug through the fridge and started the coffee maker and got to work. Bella woke up to the smell of bacon and coffee. She stretched, getting the knots out of her body and headed to the small kitchen. Embry stood at the small stove flipping pancakes, his back turned to her. She bit her lip thinking how to approach him without startling him.
She hesitantly knocked on the frame of the entrance to the kitchen. Embry turned to see Bella in the entrance biting her lip in in-comfort. He motioned with his head for her to come in to eat. He watched her shuffled towards the two person table in the middle of the kitchen and sit. He turned back to the food to serve the plates.
They sat in silence as they ate, Bella watching embry, and embry thinking of how to bring up the subject that he was dreading. He silently took the dishes when they were done. Bella gave him a quiet thank you and walked back to the living room. She jumped when she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She looked to see who texted her.
Where the SHIT are you?-E
Oops…Bella huffed as she texted her brother back.
Over at em's; fell asleep after practice-B
She quickly walked back into the kitchen to tell embry she had to head home. He was still standing in front of the sink, washing the last plate.
"Embry?" embry turned around, his face hidden like always.
"Yes?" he put the plate in his drying rack and pulled his sleeves back down.
"I have to head home…Emmett's freaking out. Um, thank you, though. Would you like to grab lunch again?" embry nodded and gave Bella an awkward hug. He watched her walk out the door and waited for the slam before he groaned and hit his head. He didn't mean to be so distant, but he was worried that he would blurt something out. He sighed. He knew he had to tell her today, or he would burst and ruin their new friendship.
Xx
Emmett paced the living room waiting for Bella; at first when she hadn't come home, he had thought that James had merely kept her later than usual, but when she hadn't been there in the morning her had freaked! When she texted him saying she was over at embry's house, only half of the stress went away, the rest staying knowing she was over at a shady person's house ALL NIGHT! He heard the door open and close, and rushed into the hallway to see his sister, very irritated.
"Bella where the hell were you?" she huffed.
"I told you I was at embry's. I ran into him after practice and he lived close by so I went over to his place, and fell asleep on the couch." Emmett bit his lip trying to find a reason to scold her.
"B-but…ARGH!" Emmett stalked off, not able to find a reason to scold her, leaving a smug Bella behind…who was also late for skating practice. She rushed around getting dressed for practice, while also brushing her jungle of hair. Soon she was out the door and jogging to the ice rink. She rushed through the door and set her hand on her knees as she took lungful of breaths. James stood in front of her with a look that said; 'care to explain?' she put one finger up in sign for just a minute.
"I (huff) over (huff) slept…I'm (huff, huff) sorry." James chuckled and handed Bella a water bottle.
"This is a first. Are you sure you over slept? Or was it a certain someone keeping you up?" Bella stopped drinking the water to glare at her couch.
"You're very annoying today." James laughed and pinched Bella's cheeks.
"You're annoyed because I'm right. Now, let's do your routine with the music." Bella sighed and changed into her skates before she glided onto the ice and waited for James to start the music. She began her routine, but was putting everything she had in it like always; her mind was on the fact that she would be able to see her friend soon.
Xx
Embry stood like a statue in his shower, his mind being faster than his body. He thought of how to approach Bella in the situation. He had been so distant for so long, been shut down forever, now he let this girl in…and didn't know what to do. He could just…Bella I have something to tell you; the reason I wear this hood is because I went through an accident and now have scars that I'm very ashamed of. That could work while they were at lunch. Or maybe…Bella I have a phobia of ice because it cut my face up a long time ago. Uhh, no. he sighed as he shampooed his hair. He was getting annoyed with his conflicted emotions and being annoyed just added another emotion to his conflicted emotions. Argh! Now he was getting a headache from all this stuff.
He stepped out of the shower and dried his hair carelessly, leaving it messy like always. He checked his phone to see a text from Seth.
Gimme a call dude, we need to talk-S
He sighed and dialed Seth's number.
"Hello?" Collin, Seth's roommate answered. There was music in the background that sounded like rap.
"Uhh, hey Collin, it's embry. Is Seth around?"
"No, he just left to work; he won't be back until seven. Why?"
"He said he needed to talk to me, so I just gave a call to see if he was in." embry was tempted to hang up; Collin was nice but what the kid said sometimes, made him very, very, VERY creeped out.
"Oh. Well I'll tell him you called when he gets home, I gotta go to work too, so bye embry."
"Yeah, bye Collin. Thanks though."
"No problem embry…catch you later." With that embry hung up with a sigh. It was only noon, and Embry wouldn't see Bella until two, so what could he do? Suddenly an idea came to mind; he had some old videos from when he was younger. Some of them would irritate him, like when he had braces, but it would be a good change. He went into his bedroom closet and dug through many boxes he never unpacked when he moved into his apartment. He finally found a box that said; "memories." on the back. He carried the box into the living room and started looking through them. He found one that said; 'EMBRY CALL
He popped it into the VCR and sat back to watch.
Video
A young embry and Jacob were on screen laughing; embry had two carrot sticks up his nose. "Embry get those out of your nose!" sue behind the camera scolded. Jacob laughed harder when embry shot them out of his nose with one blow.
"Those things were cold!" he laughed while rubbing his nose, his braces shining in the light. Sue laughed, shaking the camera. Jacob grabbed a little sandwich and stuffed it in his mouth, making his cheeks pops out. Embry laughed and yelled that he looked like a chipmunk. Later in the night they danced and were acting like the idiotic teenagers they were.
Static into different scene.
A fifteen year old embry pouted on the couch, they had come back from the dentist and he said that embry had to wear his braces for an extra year. "Aw embry, don't be so upset about it." Harry patted his back.
"But the last time I went he said I could have them off today! Not a whole other year! Are you recording this Leah!" there was a nervous squeal before Leah ran off into Seth's bedroom. Who was playing astronaut with his friend Brady.
New scene
A nineteen year old embry sat on the porch with Paul and Jacob, energy drinks in hand laughing. "Okay, I'm going for a swim." Jacob said as he crushed his third can of monster. He walked over to the pool, while embry quietly followed. Someone snickered behind the camera and zoomed in on the two friends. "YOINK" embry yelled as he pulled Jacob's swim shorts down in front of the camera, making whoever was holding the camera fall the ground with laughter. You could here Leah laughing too, Jacob yelling, and splash of water. The person who was holding the camera got up in time to see embry and Jacob wrestling in the water.
"Go embry!" Paul yelled. Jacob hastily grabbed his swim trunks and hid behind his car to put them back on. "Embry you bastard!" embry ran in front of the camera and gave a piece sign before he ran into the house to hide from his deadly friend.
New scene
Two people were snickering as they walked into the living room carrying the camera, to see embry passed out on the couch just like others around the house.
"Man he got trashed!" Jake whispered.
"What do you expect? It was his twenty first birthday!" Paul whispered.
"Yeah but I thought he would take it easy since you guys have practice today." They walked closer.
"No way; no matter what you never take it easy on your twenty firsts birthday! This birthday is like a right of passage or something!" they both snickered as quil groaned and mumbled something in his sleep.
"Man, they're all fucked up...hey, hey. You know what?" Jake whispered as he stepped in front of the camera grinning.
"What?" Paul asked. Jacob pulled out a sharpie and said the famous line.
"Never pass out, when markers are about!" the both quietly laughed as Jacob drew a mustache on quil, the words 'I'm a doofus' on Eric's forehead and were about to draw on embry when he started to wake up. "Nuh…who's idea was it to do this?" embry plopped on the floor face down. The stood up on two feet with a lot of effort as his hang over hit him head on. He held his head and stumbled to the bathroom, muttering about how bacon, chocolate and beer don't mix well. "WHAT THE HELL IS ON MY FACE!" quil yelled from the upstairs bathroom.
"Shit! Jake, turn it off before he comes down! Hurry, hurry"
End of tape
Embry sighed as he finished the video. Had he been like that at one time; rambunctious careless and happy? It seemed so long ago that he had ever been like that. After the accident he had shut down, no longer doing anything. Maybe with time…he could go back to the way he was.
Xx
Seth groaned as he came into his small apartment hot and sweaty from the mechanic shop. God he wished that cheap hippo he had to call sir would invest in an air conditioner. Yeah it was Colorado but that didn't help the heat on the INSIDE!
"Hey Collin, you home?" there was no answer, so Seth knew he was working a later shift. He saw a note on the phone as he passed to go to the bathroom. He picked it up.
Embry called at noon. Be sure to call him back –C
Seth grunted and stalked off to the bathroom, feeling desperate for a shower. Collin walked in tired and sore. He had been stocking boxes all day so now his arms and legs were sore as shit. He sighed when he saw that Seth was home. He went into the kitchen for some water while he waited his turn for the shower. When Seth finally came out, Collin hit him in the back of the head as he headed to the bathroom for his turn. Seth dug through the refrigerator looking for something that he could recognize without guessing. It was a good thing he went to the gym or he would be in terrible shape. He plopped down on his one person bed, giving up on food for the moment and let sleep over take him as his muscles screamed rest. He gladly took it.
Xx
Embry jostled awake on the couch hearing his phone ringing. Damn, he needed to quit all this passing out stuff. He grabbed the stupid piece of plastic and pushed the talk button.
"Yeah?" he said, just starting to wake up. There was no answer, and then he remembered, he had set his phone alarm for the time to pick Bella up. Now he felt like an idiot. He heaved himself off the couch and grabbed his old shoes and readjusted his hood, before he went out the door. He walked down the familiar roads towards the ice rink, the icy yet warm air being pushed by the wind. He walked through the rink entrance and walked towards the sound of music coming from one of the doors. He saw a blonde man leaning against the glass while he watched Bella twirl and spin to the music. Embry shuffled on his feet, not sure when she would finish, so he slowly walked down the stairs, avoiding looking at the ice and on where his feet were going. "Good job Bella." He heard the man praise.
He stood at the beginning of the ice, his breathing labored from being so close. He chanted over and over again in his head; just don't down, just don't look down. "Embry!" he stopped staring at the glass to look at Bella. He stood up off the side of the rink.
"Hey Bella; Ready to go or do you have a few more minutes?" her smile disappeared as he looked behind him. He turned to see two blonde headed people walking towards the ice, the girl wearing a sneer towards Bella. Embry rolled his eyes at how fake they looked. "Well hello Bella. Who's your friend?" the girl asked, weirded out at embry's hood. Bella put a comforting hand on embry's shoulder. "This is my friend em." The girl scoffed.
"Sure. Your friend, I'll believe that the day mike here can do a triple twirl!" embry felt irritation boil and spoke.
"She's right. We're friends, what's so hard of that to believe?" the girl raised an eyebrow.
"What's so hard? You look a like a weirdo, a freak! One of those people that hide away because they can't fit in!" embry felt panic build inside. Laurent, the people's couch had just walked in and groaned. Lauren always had to pick a fight. He looked to see James slowly walking over.
"Lauren do—"mike tried to defend, but was cut off by Lauren.
"I bet the only reason Bella even hangs out with you is some kind of pity, because to me, you look like a shady, sneaky, loser! And I doubt you have any friends, so why don't you go back to wherever you came from before you ruin my mood and skating technique, you creeper!"
"LAUREN!" Bella screamed.
Embry felt guilt and sadness crack through him, the panic being worse than when he saw the ice. He ran up the stairs and flung the door open to the streets and ran all the way to his apartment, where he locked the door and sat on the floor in his room, trying to even out his breathing and also fighting sobs of sadness. He rocked back and forth like he did when he was younger, feeling like he was reversing from getting better. In fact, he now felt worse than ever.
Bella stared at where embry ran off. She turned towards Lauren with a deathly glare he pushed her onto a bench, hissing at mike when he tried intervene. She poked the girl in the chest.
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? SAYING ALL THOSE THINGS TO HIM! YOU WANNA KNOW SOMETHING? HE'S LESS OF A WEIRDO THAN YOU ARE THAT'S FOR SURE! AT LEAST HE DOESN'T WALK AROUND LIKE HE'S AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD…he…he humbles himself and cares about others more than himself and thinks before he speaks! You're a bitch Lauren, now if you excuse me; I have to find my friend." She practically sprinted through the doors, desperate to get to embry.
James glared at Laurent, their couch. "Watch them Laurent, you won't win anything at all if she always acts like that. I have to head home, good luck." James walked off through the doors. He sighed, hoping Bella could help that poor guy, but for now, he needed to head home and get ready for his brother's visit.
Bella frantically knocked on embry's door, hoping he was there. To her luck he answered, his hood wrinkled from most likely from laying down, she still couldn't see his face, but she could she water drops on the front of his jacket, showing crying.
"Bella?" his voice croaked as he saw the very person he was trying to avoid at the moment. He wiped his eyes, making sure he hadn't gone crazy or something
"Embry, I'm SO sorry for that! I was hoping we had left before they came! Don' let what she said get to you." embry shook his head and stepped back, giving Bella access to come in.
"Bella everything that girl said was right; I am a freak, I do hide out, and I AM a loser." Bella frowned at him and stepped closer.
"You are NOT a loser embry! You are sweet and fun. You are my friend and there's no point for a bitch like her to get to you."
Embry felt anger boil and he snapped.
"I AM A LOSER BELLA! I HAVE HIDDEN FROM PEOPLE AND HAVE BEEN TEMPTED FOR SUICICED, I AM A FREAK, SO DON'T PULL ANY CRAP ABOUT BEING SPECIAL!"
Bella flushed in full out fury mode. She pushed embry into the wall and grabbed the front of his jacket.
"SHUT UP! YOU ARE SPECIAL, YOU ARE NOT A FREAK, AND ARE DEFINATLEY NOT A LOSER…what makes you think all that embry?" she whispered the last part, loosening her hold on embry. She took a step away from shock as he started stalking towards her, until she was against the wall.
"Do you really want to know?" his voice was husky with anger and something else Bella couldn't pin point. She nodded, not wanting to speak. Embry felt a tightening in his stomach as he reached for his hood. Bella watched him with confusion. He whipped the hood back, finally revealing his face and showing the scars he's so ashamed of. Bella gasped, but unlike others, even Leah, she didn't take a step back. Embry took a deep breath.
"This is why, I look like a physco path Bella, I have more on my chest and nearly seven on my back…Bella, I used to be an obstacle skater, and until one year we went to Denver and competed in a traditional event on a lake. It-it collapsed under me, Bella and did this to me. When I got out of the hospital, I still had some hope left, I thought people could get past the scars, and they did, but what happened is that…I grew a phobia of ice. Every time I saw it I would scream!" embry swallowed down a lump that had developed in his throat.
"So my team dropped me without hesitation and I shut down, only three people bothered to see me, I was cold and distant for four years Bella…the only reason I stopped is because a friend pushed me to go to the rink. I live in FEAR of the very thing that I loved when I was young! I'm an emotional wreck. So I understand if you want to stop hanging out with me." He looked down at her shoes, not able to see the disgust he knew was there.
He jumped in shock when he felt Bella's fingers gently trace his scars, and circle his pale eye. He looked up to see her eyes soft and caring.
"embry." She mumbled. "I don't care about how you look; to me you're a wonderful person, no matter what, to me you are a…" she blushed and bit her lip, trying to get her words. "A handsome a-and sweet person, There's no point to ashamed around me. I care about you." she whispered the last part and looked into embry's eyes with fierce determination.
She saw something in his eyes snap as they watered. She new right away what happened; she had broken the last wall to his trust. He broke into a hysterics of sobs as tears rolled down his cheeks. She fell onto the couch with embry halfway on top of her, but she new there was nothing going on; he was just letting it out. He sobbed in her neck for what felt like hours, before he started to quiet down and moved off of her.
He gave Bella long hug, before he lulled to sleep, his emotional exhaustion getting to him. Bella was still in his arms when he fell asleep, but Bella didn't try to wiggle free. She stayed there and looked at her friends face as he slept. She snuggled into the crook of his neck and let sleep taker her as well, peace in mind as she realized she was closer to embry and was planning on getting closer. They both fell into a deep sleep, neither of them ever moving from there spots all night. In fact, they somehow moved closer together in their sleep. Two unlikely friends were falling for each other, but will they ever realize?
LE MOTHERFUCKING GASP! I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKED IT, I'M SORRY IF IT SEEMS LIKE I RAMBLED IN CERTAIN PLACES, I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO! FAREWELL UNTIL NEXT CHAPTER. I'M ALSO SORRYIF IT WAS TOO VAGUE. JUST REVIEW AND I'LL TRY HARDER ON THE NEXT CHAPTER!