Okay, first I'd like to explain that I won't be updating as frequently as I used to. I updated so frequently because I had all those chapters already written down…Yeah…
Anyway, this is in Seth's P.o.V., and it's Christmas day. A little early for it, but I'm really in the Christmas spirit lately! So bare with me!
~SashaFierce12.0
Chapter 15
Seth's P.o.V.
I woke up to Jazmyn's foot on my face. Yeah, that's a pretty sight. I closed my eyes and remembered last night when I had woken up from one of my nightmares. I was still having them, but not as often as before. I had yelped and shot out of bed, and Jazz had been passing by my door. She walked in with a glass of water in her hand, and then sat at my bed. That's when I spilled it all to her. Dad's funeral, Mom's attempt to kill Leah, the nightmares, the insomnia, my suicide attempt, and then my cutting. She'd listened the whole time, and hadn't jumped in. That's one of the things I loved about her, how she would listen until you were done. After that, she did something that shocked me.
Jazmyn rolled up her sleeve. "You see these?" she pointed to the long jagged scars on her arm. I nodded stiffly. How could she have done that? Jazmyn had to be the happiest person that I'd ever known. Aside from Claire…But she was two. "Last year, there were these girls. They were the most popular girls in the eighth grade. And they just loved to pick on me. At first, they would just say things. Telling me how fat…Or how ugly I was. I didn't believe it at first…But when they kept on doing it…I started to…You know, believe it. Every time I looked in the mirror, someone else would be staring back at me. It wasn't Jazmyn. It was this...I don't know...I saw an ugly, fat teenage girl. I started to starve myself. But my parents soon caught on, and forced me to eat. Then I started throwing up everything that I ate. I did it secretly, so no one else knew it but me. But, no matter what I did, those girls would always tease me. And then it became physical. Pushing me into lockers...Punching me...I started to add to the pain by...Doing this." Jazmyn gestured to her arm. "But no good ever came out of it. The girls soon found out, and teasing only became worse.
"One day, when my parents and I were having dinner, my mom asks, 'How was school today, Honey?', and I couldn't help it. I broke down. And I blabbed about everything that had happened to me during those couple of months. And, before I knew it, we were moving. 'A new start', they said. And I was happy again. We moved from Texas, all the way up to cold, snowy North Dakota. But I didn't mind. I changed myself. I started eating again. I stopped cutting. I became more outgoing, and made a whole bunch of new friends. And, when I think back to that time, I laugh. Just laugh it off. And I look at my arm. It reminds me of everything that I went through...And also how I don't ever want to go through it again." She was looking down during the whole story, and now she looked up at me with tears in her eyes. I hugged her. She hugged back, and squeezed tight.
"Thanks...You know, for sharing your story," I told her when we pulled away.
"It's okay, I like talking about it. It kind of makes me feel better," she pulled down her sleeve. Then started to stand up. "Um, I should get going. I don't want Lee getting suspicious." she smiled at me. She and Leah were currently sharing a room. I hesitated. "Unless...You don't want me to..." I blushed and she giggled. "I'll take that as a 'yes!'" Jazmyn hopped into bed next to me. Then she kissed me on my lips. "G'night, Sethy."
"'Night, Jazz."
I snuggled back into my pillow to get some more sleep. That was short lived when my door banged open. I jumped and Jazmyn screamed and fell off the bed.
"WAKE UP! IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Claire screeched.
"Ugh...Claire...Five more minutes..." Jazmyn whined from the floor. I watched as Claire made a beeline for my bed.
"WAKE UP! SANTA CAME!" Claire started to jump on my bed. Then she picked up a pillow and threw one at me.
"Okay, okay, Claire! I'm up!" I said, but laughed in spite of myself. I stood up and threw a shirt on over my shorts. Claire moved on to Jazmyn.
"WAKE UP, JAZZY! UP! UP! UP!" Jazmyn groaned and stood up.
"If it'll get you to stop with that horrible screeching sound, I'll get up!"
"Yay! Hurry up and get your slippies, Santa got us presents!" Claire ran out of the room, and down the hall towards Leah's.
"Think we should warn her?" I asked Jazmyn, referring to my sister.
"WAKE UP! IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Claire screamed.
"Too late," Jazmyn said as she slid on her house shoes. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw them. They were huge! And purple. Of course they were purple, that was her favorite color. Each shoe had three yellow claws sticking out the front.
"Nice shoes," I told her. Jazmyn giggled and stood up.
"Thanks! They're my favorite!" When she stood, I noticed that she was just wearing a short long sleeved t-shirt. I looked down, and blushed. She seemed to get it, too, because she blushed also. "Sorry. I got hot last night."
"No, that's my fault. Being a wolf also comes with cons. I have a very abnormally high body temperature."
"Oh," Jazmyn replied. I watched as she reached for a pair of my basketball shorts. She wiggled them on over her slippers and then pulled them up. They instantly fell back down. I fell back onto the bed and laughed. "It's not funny!" Jazmyn said, but laughed anyway. She pulled them up over her shirt and then folded them over a couple of times. "There! These aren't going anywhere!" I stood up and reached for her hand.
"C'mon. Before Claire gets any more restless," I leaned down and kissed her cheek. As if on cue...
"WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"
Jazmyn and I laughed and walked to the hallway. "Come here, Claire-Bear! We can go downstairs and get some milk while everyone else wakes up," Jazmyn held out her arms and Claire ran into them.
"But we can't. The milk's all gone. I used it fo' Santa," Claire said.
"It's okay," I replied. "How about some water?"
"Okay!" We headed down the stairs. I watched as Claire's eyes widened at the sight of how many gifts were under the tree. "Wow...Santa really came!" Claire wiggled out of Jazmyn's grasp and ran to the tree. "There's some fo' everyone! Sethy and Jazzy and Leelah and Aunty Emmy and Uncle Sammy...!" then she gasped. "And fo' me!" She picked up a box wrapped in red sparkly paper. But before she tore it open I took it from her hands.
"Not until everyone else gets down here, okay?" Claire nodded reluctantly.
Soon enough, the last three stragglers walked down.
"Finally! Now we can open presents!" Jazmyn exclaimed. She looked just as excited as Claire. "Took you guys long enough!"
"Sorry. Guess the baby's not a morning person," Leah patted her stomach.
"No morning sickness today?" I asked.
"No...At least not yet. I hope it stays away for the rest of the day!"
"Okay, guys. Enough chit chat! Claire, since you've been ever so patient, you get to open the first gift!" Jazmyn snatched the box out of my hand and handed it to Claire. Claire's face broke into a grin. She ripped it open.
"Jazzy! Look! It's the dolly I wanted! Santa knew!"
"You bet he did!" Jazmyn winked at Emily. "Okay..." she reached down and picked up a green colored box. "This one's for my Sethy-poo!" I rolled my eyes, but Jazmyn just kissed my cheek. I unwrapped it and revealed a new diamond studded watch. It looked so...Expensive.
"Jazz..." I started.
"Nope! Don't say a word," Jazmyn clamped her hand over my mouth. "Okay! Leah's turn!" Jazmyn handed Leah a gift, which she took reluctantly.
"You didn't have to get me anything..." she started.
"No, I wanted to. Open it." Leah gave Jazmyn one last look and opened the gift. She paused when she saw it. Her eyes started to fill up with tears.
"Jazmyn...Y-you...Oh, my gosh..." Leah pulled the rest of the gift out of the paper. It was a hair clip in the shape of a butterfly. And Leah loved butterflies. The main color was gold, and it had little pink accents on it. When it moved, I saw how the light caught the little glitter pieces on it. "I love butterflies."
"I know you do," Jazmyn said, giving her a hug. "And when I saw it, I knew that you'd love it."
"Thanks, Jazzy, so much!" Leah held the little clip up to her hair. After that, Jazmyn handed Sam and Emily some gifts. Emily screamed when she saw what Jazmyn had got her.
"Oh. My. Gosh! I totally needed this!" Emily held up a large box. Inside held a mixer. I smiled. She definitely did need it. I don't know how she was able to stir all of that muffin mix with just a spoon. "I love it!"
"Knew you would, Aunty Em!"
"Sam, open yours! It's from all of us," Emily said.
"Yeah! It's a-" Claire was about to say what it was, before I clamped my hand over her mouth.
"Don't say what it is, Claire!" I scolded playfully. She nodded. We turned back to Sam, as he opened up his gift.
"Uh...Keys?" he asked perplexed.
"Yeah. Look outside," Leah said, pointing towards the window. Sam stood up and did as she said. His smile widened when he saw what it was.
"Now, Claire," I said, taking my hand off the girl's mouth.
"We got ya' a trick!"
"Truck!" The rest of us corrected.
"Oh, man. Thanks, guys. It must have cost-"
"Okay, we really have to start feeling guilty about these gifts," Jazmyn said.
"I'm not!" Claire raised her hand. We laughed. She probably didn't even know what the word meant. "Oh, look! I got more presents!" she started to reach for them.
Soon, we were cleaning up piles of wrapping paper and getting dressed. "Let's hurry, guys. The rest of the Pack and their families will be here soon," Sam told us.
I went upstairs and took a quick shower. It would have been longer if Leah hadn't been banging on the door the whole time.
"Hurry up, Seth! I have to pee!"
"Thanks for the info, Sis," I said sarcastically, walking out of the bathroom in a towel. Leah rushed in. I shook my head and continued walking to my room, bumping into Jazmyn in the process.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, Seth!" she exclaimed. She glanced down at my bare chest then looked back up at me. "You know, you look really hot with your shirt off." I smiled and kissed her.
"I didn't tell you guys to stand in the middle of the hallway and make out! Go and get dressed!" Emily yelled. Jazmyn and I pushed off of each other and rushed in opposite directions. Emily continued on to her room, shaking her head.
I went into my room and decided to look normal for a change. Or, as normal as I could get for a fourteen year old guy with overly large muscles. I took out a light grey sweater and slipped into some jeans. Then I started to feel warm, so I rolled up my sleeves to my elbows. There. That was better. I looked in the mirror and smiled. Jazz would be pleased.
I thought back to where I'd been a month ago. An emotional wreck. And then Jazmyn came. I sighed and smiled. She saved my life. Right now, I don't know what I'd do without her. She was my imprint...And not only that, my best friend. She was the best thing that's ever happened to me. I walked out of my room and down the stairs.
"Merry Christmas, Seth-man!" Embry greeted me. I smiled. Embry and his mom were there, and so was Quil and his parents.
"How are you today, Seth?" Ms. Call asked me with a hug.
"Great," I answered and pulled away. Just then the door burst open and Jared and the rest of his family came in. It was weird to see him without Kim latched onto his arm, but she and her family had taken a Christmas vacation to Barbados.
"JARED'S HERE!" Jared yelled. He hugged Emily, ruffled Claire's hair, and shook hands with the Pack's parents. Jared's little sisters, Amanda and Ashley rushed over and jumped on me.
"Hey, guys," I said.
"Seth! Look! Jared got us new charms for our bracelets!" Ashley exclaimed. She waved her wrist in my face. It was the shape of a reindeer. Amanda's looked like a snowflake. "Now their almost..."
"Complete!" Amanda finished for her. I always thought it was weird how they did that. It must have been some weird twin thing. Mr. and Mrs. Thail were already talking with the others when the twins finally decided to get off of me.
"Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!" Jazmyn exclaimed coming down the stairs. She had on a short red dress with white trim and black buttons. It was complete with a little Santa hat and everything; black boots, white stockings, red gloves with white trim...I rolled my eyes. Jazz was weird like that. But she looked so darn sexy. She was carrying a red sack over her shoulder. "I bare gifts from the North Pole! There's enough for everyone!" She jumped down the last two steps with a flourish. "Let's see what I've got here..." She giggled and made her way to the living room.
The door opened and Jacob and Billy came in, followed by Collin and his large family of six, and Brady and his dad.
"Brady!" Jazmyn hopped over the couch with a gold gift in her hands. "Merry Christmas!" she handed him the gift and hugged him.
"Thanks, Jazz. Oh, this is my dad. Dad, this is Jazmyn. She's Emily's niece." Mr. Littlesea shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you," he said with a smile.
"Right back at 'ya, big guy!" she giggled, and then returned to the living room.
"Hey, Seth? Where's Lee?" Jacob asked me. I didn't even have to answer his question. Leah came down the stairs, looking gorgeous. Everyone stopped talking for a minute when they saw her. Since she hadn't phased in a while, her hair had grown a little bit. Nobody else would have noticed it, but I did. The butterfly pin that Jazmyn had gotten her was clipped on one side of her hair. She had on a long sleeved black dress with a green bow that went around the middle. To top it off, she was wearing her signature black pumps.
"Merry Christmas, everyone," she said. Everyone returned their 'Merry Christmases' and returned to their talking. I picked up a little of their conversations.
"She's gorgeous," Quil's mom was saying.
"Yeah, she's practically glowing," Emily said back.
"She'll be a beautiful mother," Embry's mom added. Everyone in La Push knew about Leah's pregnancy. Yeah, that's how small our town was. I went to sit next to Jazmyn.
"Oh, well if it isn't young Seth," Jazmyn started. "Hmm...Have you been a naughty or nice little boy this year?" she asked playfully. I pretended to be in deep thought.
"Depends. What's your list say?"
Jazmyn pretended to look at a piece of paper in her hands. "Aww...Someone's been a naughty, naughty boy," she wagged her finger at me.
"I'm so sorry! I tried to be nice, honestly I did!"
"Tsk, tsk...You should have tried harder, my boy."
"Is there anything I can do to make it up?"
"Well..." she glanced at my lips. I smiled at her and she kissed me. I fell onto my back on the couch, and she fell on top of me, we were still kissing. We were making out for a while before someone cleared their throat.
"There are, like, children here! Can't you guys wait until later?" Paul asked. I shrugged.
"Sorry, couldn't help myself," I murmured. Paul shook his head and sat down on the couch opposite of us.
"Do you know if dinner's ready? I'm starving!" Jazmyn asked, patting her stomach. I laughed.
"I don't know, but it should be soon. I can smell it," I answered. Just then, the doorbell rang.
"I got it!" Leah yelled. She opened the door and a cold draft blew in. Jazmyn shivered and I put my arm around her. "Rachael!" Leah hugged the lady in the door. "It's been such a long time! Is this what you've been so secretive about, Jake?" she turned to Jacob in the kitchen. He just smiled. "Come in; you must be cold! It's really coming down out there, huh?"
"Yeah. I was so scared I'd fall into a snow drift when I was driving here," Rachael took off her coat. "Something smells good. I haven't eaten in a while. Hi, guys!" she waved to all of us and then headed to the kitchen. She hugged Billy and the rest of the Pack. "Oh, I've missed you! It's so lonely out in California! And a lot quieter!" she turned to me and Jazmyn on the couch. "Hey, Seth! You've grown so much!" I shrugged.
"That's what happens when you haven't seen a person in three years," I answered, standing up and hugging her. "This is my girlfriend, Jazmyn." I gestured towards Jazz sitting on the couch. I looked at her and smiled. She looked surprised. Probably at what I called her. Girlfriend.
"You have a girlfriend now? Whoa, I've been living under a rock!" she looked at Paul sitting on the couch and froze. He did, too. They stared at each other for a long time. Everyone turned towards Billy and Jake. Billy looked pleased. Jake...Jacob looked...Not mad?
"Welcome, to the family, Paul," Jacob said, smiling. I laughed.
"Did Paul just imprint?" Jazmyn whispered to me. I nodded. "Way to go, Pauly!" she shouted. "This will definitely be going in my Christmas scrapbook!"
I smiled. Yeah...Mine, too.
I hope you guys like it! This is my longest chapter yet. I'm working on the next one right now, so it shouldn't be long before you're reading Chapter 16!
~SashaFierce12.0