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SPOV
Emily was pregnant. Emily was going to have a baby.
In seven months, Emily would be a mother.
Leah was only three years younger than her, and one year older than me
It wouldn't be ling before Leah and Kole would be tying the knot. Before I knew it, they'd be bringing their own bundle of joy into the world.
Soon t would be my turn.
I glanced at Brad. He was watching the road, but smiling for some reason I couldn't come up with.
I was happy for Em and Sam, they had probably been wanting this for a along time now.
But looking at their relationship in comparison to mine and Brady's made me panic.
What if we were moving to fast? I wasn't ready to be at Emily's stage yet. To become a mom.
Now or after graduation. I couldn't see myself taking care of a living thing when I could barley take care of myself.
I glanced at Brady again just as he was glancing at me. He grinned, and I forced myself to smile back.
"What's wrong?" Damn it.
"Nothing, I'm fine. Just..." I peeked at his incredulous expression, before looking down at my hands. "Nervous." Brady chuckled, pulling up in front of the Uley's and turning off the truck.
"Don't be, you know everyone here. And you have me to hide behind if anything scares you." I rolled my eyes.
"Thanks." Brady chuckled again, getting out of the truck.
I opened the door, preparing myself to jump for it.
Brady climbed the side of the truck so he was facing me and blocking my exit.
I frowned at him.
"Brady?" He shook his head. "Brady..." He picked me up, jumping backwards off the side of the truck and landing with a low thud.
He didn't put me down as he pushed the door closed.
"Now, are you still nervous?" He asked outside the front door, still carrying me bridal style.
I groaned, burying my face in his chest.
"No," I muttered. He kissed the top of my head.
"Good." He moved to put me down, but just as my feet touched the ground, he swept me back up again, and knocked on the door.
I was too flustered to protest, and when the door opened to reveal a grinning Emily, I could only blush.
She laughed when she saw us, ushering us in.
"Look who finally arrived!" Jacob was the first to speak when Brady carried me into the room.
It looked like the whole was here in the small living space.
"Please put em down," I begged, trying to look anywhere but the room of amused looking wolves.
"Only because you asked nicely." he winked as he gently placed me on the floor.
"Hey Sky, all the girls are in the kitchen, if you want to join them." I nodded absently at Quil. He only shook his head at me, turning back to Jared.
I looked up at Brady fleetingly, flashing him an 'I'm fine' smile, before moving towards the kitchen.
He grabbed my wrist pulling me back to him. He rubbed his thumb along the risen scar on the back of my hand.
"Don't miss me too much," he whispered, before pulling me into a kiss.
I could still hear the cat calls as I made my way dizzily into the kitchen.
"Skylar! I'm so glad you could make it!" Emily hugged me, and I could feel her baby bump pressing into my stomach.
I smiled.
"I am too. Congratulations!" Emily smiled, rubbing her belly.
"I'm sop excited! The first pack child!" Kim spun around the kitchen until she came to a stop beside me. "Hi Skylar! It's so awesome you're here, we've missed you." I looked at the kitchen full of imprints.
I smiled at Kim. "I missed you guys too."
"Skylar! You're here! Does that mean you've heard from Brent then?" The whole house went silent at Claire's innocent question. Even the guys shut up.
"Claire..." Nessie groaned from the back door. I hadn't noticed her.
"Well Claire..." She was sitting on the counter, so I went to stand in front of her. "He called this morning." Everyone seemed to come back to life at my statement.
"Really? What did he say?"
"He said that he really misses us, but he was happy where he was." Claire nodded slowly.
"Does that me he has a girlfriend now?" I laughed, like actually laughed.
"Not just yet Claire, but he hopes to soon."
"You don't mean..." I turned to face Emily, confused.
"What?"
"He imprinted?" I paused before answering. Everyone was watching me.
"Yeah, he did." Kim squealed.
"Aw! That's so cute! Now everyone is happy!" I smiled. Everyone was happy.
"Em." Sam entered the kitchen then, causing all of us to roll our eyes.
"Hey Sam, what's up?" Sam smiled.
"I have a surprise for you." He pulled her from the kitchen, and naturally, we all followed.
All the guys had kind of quieted down, and were staring at someone sitting on the couch.
I didn't know him, but he looked familiar.
"Will?" I looked at Emily, and if possible, she looked happier than she was before.
"Hey Milly, I uh, heard about the baby, and-" He didn't have time to finish the sentence before Emily launched herself across the room, and into the stranger's arms.
"Everyone, this is Emily's younger brother, William." All the tension in the room seemed to disappear at Sam's words.
Emily's brother. Oh.
Once Em let him go, Will went around the room, introducing himself.
It took a while, but eventually, he got to me.
He smiled. "Hi, I'm Will, and you are?" I took his outstretched hand.
"Skylar." He grinned.
"Nice to meet you Skylar. Lovely accent by the way." I couldn't help but blush at his comment. No one complimented me except for Brady. It felt weird hearing it from anyone else.
Speaking of Brady, I could feel his eyes on me as Will moved on.
He gestured with his head towards Will, raising an eyebrow. I shook my head, looking away from his questioning gaze.
"I'd be careful around him Sky." Kole settled down in the seat next to me, watching Will as he spoke to Emily.
"Why?"
"He doesn't know about any of us here. And I think he might like you."
"Or maybe he's just really nice?" I didn't even believe myself.
"Yeah, that's it...
"Where's Leah?" Kole sighed.
"At home."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. She's with Seth. Zoe's parents wouldn't let her come all the way out here. She lives in forks you know. And Seth was pretty upset about it, I told her to stay with him." Kole shrugged.
I smiled at him.
"That was nice of you." Kole shrugged again.
"Yeah, well, I know what it's like to have to spend hours away from your imprint." I nodded.
"You know, I never got to ask Zoe, but maybe you might know..."
"What?"
"How did they meet?" Kole scowled, and looked away. "What"
"Nothing, it's just Seth managed to find an imprint in the way that would annoy me the most. It was like he planned to make me look bad." Now I was curious.
"Tell me!" Kole rolled his eyes.
"Fine."
~CS*SRM~
KPOV
Leah stared at me with her big, brown, deep eyes. I could get lost in those eyes, trying to unlock all the barriers and walls she had put up around herself. And I had gotten lost, on many occasions, this one being one of them.
"Please Kole? He won't bother us, I swear." She pouted, and my resolve crumbled.
"It's our one year anniversary," I mumbled, already knowing I lost.
"Well," Leah sat back in her seat, putting her seat belt on. "You never know. He could imprint while we're there and then he'll have someone to keep him distracted." She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. "Thanks Kole."
I sighed. "You're lucky you're pretty..." I muttered as Seth jumped into the car.
"Hey Kole, thanks for letting me tag along, I know I'm ruining things, but I swear it'll be like I'm not even there! I promise you won't notice me-"
"I'm noticing you."
"Sorry, I'll just...Sorry." Seth, surprisingly, sat back quietly for the rest of the car ride.
It was our one year anniversary. One whole year since Leah had seen me being shoved in a dumpster by those Stanley kids.
The tenth grade was a bad year for me. Until Leah showed up.
She taught those kids not to mess with Kole Webber.
Of course, I was so embarrassed by having to be rescued by a girl, that I ran off. I didn't even say thank you.
But she found me, and she was pissed. She had beat up those guys for me, and I didn't even say thanks.
I was preparing myself for the worse, buts he just stopped. And stared at me. It would have been weird, if I hadn't got lost in her problematic eyes.
Ever since then, we've been inseparable, trying to figure each other out. And I was getting pretty good at it too.
Like right now, Leah was trying to think of a way to make the whole Seth thing up to me.
"It's fin Leah, really." She sighed.
"You don't really think that," she muttered, frowning out the window. Now I sighed as I parked in front of La Bella, a new restaurant in Port Angeles.
"I just wanted us to have fun, and to remember this night forever." I took her hand.
"You're so sappy sometimes Kole." I smiled.
"Sappy is good, right?" She nodded, getting out of the car. I followed her in, completely forgetting about Seth.
"Hi, Kole Webber, table for two? And uh, could I get one more?" I glanced back at Seth.
But he was staring at the, now blushing, waitress in front of us.
His jaw was slack, his eyes glazed over...
Oh great.
"No. freaking. Way." Leah shook her head at her brother as he continued to stare.
"Excuse me, may I ask what your name is?" She blinked at me.
"Zoe."
"Zoe? Great. When does your shift end?" She glanced down at the papers on her clipboard.
"In a few minutes..."
"Perfect, This is my friend Seth." Leah pushed him forward, snapping him from his trance.
He smiled sheepishly at Zoe.
"Hi.' Zoe blushed.
"Hi." They stared at each other silently.
"Do you want to have dinner with my brother?" Leah finally blurted after a long silence.
I smiled at her. And this was one of the reasons why I loved Leah, she was just so blunt.
"Now?"
"It would make Seth really happy,' I added. Seth nodded.
"I, uhm, well..." She glanced at Seth. "I guess I could..." Seth's grin was so wide, it made my face hurt.
"Great, you two have fun now." I dragged Leah to our table.
"See! This turned out great. Seth finally imprinted, and we get our privacy."
"You're lucky you're pretty," I repeated.
~MRS*SC~
SPOV
"Aw!" Kole rolled his eyes at me.
"Of course." he got up from the couch stretching. "I think someone wants to talk to you, so I'm gonna go." He shook his head at me as he walked away.
"Hi, Skylar, right?" I looked up at Will, surprised.
"Yeah, hi Will." He smiled, sitting beside me.
"So, how exactly do you know Emily?"
"I, uhm-"
"Through me." I looked up at Brady gratefully. "I'm a friend of Sam's."
"Cool, Brady, right?" Will smiled, but I could tell he didn't like the fact that Brady had shown up. "And how do you know Brady?" I smiled.
"We're dating." Will smirked.
"Dating? For how long?" I frowned.
"Two months, two weeks and three days." I stared at Brady, dumbfounded. He either made that up, or was really committed to this relationship.
"Oh. Well, good on you. She looks like a keeper. See you around Skylar." I nodded at Will.
"I don't like him." I sighed.
"He's Emily's brother."
"I don't care. He looks at you funny." Brady frowned.
"Are you jealous?"
"Is there anyone I need to be jealous of?" Brady raised an eyebrow, but his eye hardened.
"No, no of course not. Stop worrying Brady." I took his hand as I spoke. "You know Brady; he's not that bad..." Brady growled. "Brady."
"Sorry, sorry." He sighed, leaning his head back against the couch, closing his eyes. His fingers absently traced the scar on my arm.
"I think I'm going to go look for Collin, I'll be back." He got up, stopped, looked back at me and then ran out of the room.
I frowned after him. That seemed kind of suspicious...
I was about to go after him, when my phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Sky, where are you right now?"
"Brent?" I hissed. "You can't just call me randomly and expect me to answer your questions." I left the room, walking out the front door.
"Sorry, sorry. Uhm, did you get my letter?" I frowned.
"Yes, I got your letter and you made me cry. Again."
"Sorry! Sky, what do you want me to do?" He sounded exasperated.
"Come home," I whispered.
"I can't, you know I can't." I sighed.
"Yeah...I'm at Em's. Baby shower."
"For who?"
"Emily."
"Oh." He didn't say anything else.
"Where are you?"
"Washington."
"What? Really? Why?" In all my excitement, I had wandered further from the house.
"I had to drop something off for you. You'll see it when you get home."
"Drop something off? Something like what?"
"Sorry Sky gotta go. Talk to you later." The line went dead.
He hung up on me...
Drop what off?
"Skylar? What're you doing out here?" I turned to face Brady. He had his t-shirt bunched up in his fist. So much for looking for Collin.
"I need to go home. I'm, uh, not feeling well." I glanced at the ground.
Brady frowned at me, but started towards the truck.
I followed him slowly, trying to make my sickness more believable.
"Skylar?" I looked up; Brady was holding my door open for me.
"Coming." I let him lift me into the truck. I stayed silent as he drove me home.
All I could think about was what Brent could have possibly left for me that was important enough to leave him imprint.
Also, how was I supposed to keep Brady from finding it before I did? He would be able to smell Brent, right?
Brady pulled up in front of my house, but he stayed in his seat.
He turned to gaze at me.
"What?"
"Are you okay?" I looked away.
"I'm fine, just need some rest." I put my hand on the handle.
"Do you want me to stay with you?" I shook my head, opening the door.
"Emily would be pretty upset if neither of us came back. I'll be fine Brady." I gave his hand a little squeeze before jumping out of the truck.
I sighed when I heard Brady's door slam too. How would I get rid of him?
"Skylar, are you sure you're okay?" I smiled at him.
"You're just afraid to leave me alone." He scratched the back of his head, looking away guiltily.
"Possibly. Just promise me you won't do anything stupid, okay?" I nodded, kissing his cheek.
"Now go." He smiled before jogging back to his truck.
I waited until he turned off my street, before opening the door.
My nodes wrinkled. Was that incense?
"Mum?" Nothing. Perfect. My parents were still out.
I threw my jacket onto the couch, before bounding up the stairs.
My bedroom door was slightly open. I pushed it open, bracing myself. Definitely incense.
My suitcase was on my bed, with and envelope taped to it.
I dropped my keys on my dresser, before stepping towards my bed.
I opened the envelope.
A plane ticket. He left me a plane ticket. For a plane leaving tonight.
I unfolded the note.
Miss me so much? Come find me.
Brent
I frowned, he had even packed for me.
I bit my lip. This ticket had probably cost a lot. And the plane was leaving in five hours.
I read his note again, the challenge in his words making my mind up for me.
I dragged the suitcase downstairs, clutching the ticket, my passport and toque full of emergency money to my chest.
I picked up my discarded jacket, taking one last look at my home.
God, Brady was going to flip when he found out I was gone.
The cab I had called hadn't arrived yet, so I put my bag down, sitting on top of it.
I hadn't left anything for Brady or my parents; I didn't think I would want to be found for a while. I needed time. But I couldn't just leave them...
"Hello?"
"Brady, I..." My voice cracked and I took a deep breath.
"Skylar? What's wrong?"
"I'll be back soon. I-I love you."
"Back? Where are you going? Skylar?" I could hear the panic in his voice, so I hung up.
I turned my phone off, staring blankly up at the sky, blinking back tears.
Brent better be worth all this.
The cab pulled up in front of the house then, distracting me.
I got in slowly, after putting my bag in the trunk.
"Where to miss?" He smiled at me, so I gave him a shaky smile in return.
"Port Angeles Airport please."
Helloo..
Happy New Year !
Okay, I'm late I know. Like a month late.
I'm super sorry! I don't even have a real excuse... But it is mid term week at my school, and instead of studying, I have typed out Chapter 27.
That must mean something, right ?
Anyway...
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