California Girl

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Chapter Song Green Day

15. Boulevard of Broken Dreams

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I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone...

Carmen POV

I put my hands over my mouth and nose, trying to silence myself like I always did when I cried. I stumbled back when my eyes met his. Mr Wolf's. Embry's.

Embry.

He was my wolf.

He was a wolf.

What the hell?!

"She knows." I heard Edward say, before he looked around the group, lingering on Nessie, then Seth. I watched as Seth nodded, before Edward raised Scarlett's arm to his mouth, and-

Oh my god.

He was biting her. Sucking her blood.

Okay, I'm ready to wake up now!

"Edward." Carlisle said, and he dropped her arm, standing up. Bella and Jasper both stood too, moving away from both Edward and Scarlett. I saw Carlisle remove his jacket and wrap it around Scarlett's arm. "We should take her home, bandage her arm , then get her to the hospital."

They all stood up, Seth picking up Scarlett, then turned around. It was all of them, then me. I felt like screaming.

What was wrong with these people?

Werewolves?

Vampires?

What? Was Nessie gonna turn out to really be Chucky?

Embry-Wolf walked towards me, and I immediately started walking backwards. He continued to walk towards me, me moving away, before I turned and ran.

It was all I could do.

I mean, what would you do if your best friend/kinda boyfriend was actually a wolf/the love of your life?

If you say you'd run into his arms, you're lying.

And to think, Scarlett knew. Nessie too, apparently. I'd bet that everyone knew. Who could I trust in this town anymore?

I was running through the trees, careful not to trip on the roots or slip on the leaves. I wanted to be as far away from the woods as possible. As far away from them as possible.

Embry POV

I ran to her house as soon as Edward had drained the venom from Scarlett's arm. Ugh, I still shudder to think how it would feel to have leech-poison flowing through your veins. The Volturi had cleared off after Carlisle told them what Edward was gonna do- 'Only Bella could survive that!'.

I was outside her house, standing in only my shorts, in the tree line, trying to work out what I was gonna say. I wanted to just run inside and hold her, tell her that I loved her, but she didn't need that.

I moved closer to her window. The drapes were open, and she was lying on her bed , her face to the wall. I was considering knocking on the window, when she sat up and turned her head to look at me. I pressed my hand to the window, leaning against it as she climbed off of her bed and walked out of the room, appearing at the backdoor just seconds later .

She stood with her arms over her chest, keeping her distance, which made my chest tighten. Her eyes were red and slightly swollen, but she wasn't crying now. She still looked beautiful. Even when she hated me, she was perfect.

"Well, I guess the wolf's out of the bag ."

She laughed lightly, and it sounded beautiful, even though it was tired and saddened.

"What?" She shook her head a little, looking down.

"I'm trying to coin it as a catchphrase."

She laughed again, but as soon as she finished, her smile fell and she looked down.

"You should've told me."

"I know."

"You should've told me!" She looked up, her eyes filled with anger.

"I know!" I stepped towards her, but she stepped back.

"Why didn't you?!" Her eyes filled with tears, but she made quick work to wipe t hem away.

"I-I-!"

"I get that you couldn't at first, weren't allowed to, whatever! But... but after I knew you were human-!"

"I'm sorry!" I took another step towards her, desperate to hold her, but she stepped back until she was pressed against the door. "Carmen-!"

"Stay away from me." She held a hand up, and locked her jaw. "Y-You're a... you' re a..."

"What?" I stepped forward again, and she pushed herself as far into the door as possible, her eyes looking to the left, her voice a whisper.

"You're a monster."

"Carmen..."

"You killed someone. Right in front of me."

"I was protecting you... those... they're not... they're not people! Not... human!" I didn't want her to have to deal with all of this right now. I wanted to tell her in steps. Ease her into it.

Why didn't I just tell her when she foun d out I was human?

"You're a monster!"

"Carmen!" I reached out and finally managed to reach her. She tried to turn around, so I pulled her back into my chest .

"No! Let me go!" She tried to pull my arms off of her, but I refused to let her go. I had an arm around her waist and another around her shoulder, holding her to me.

"Carmen, please!"

"Let go of me!" She started crying, putting her head down so that her hair covered her face.

"I'm sorry!" I couldn't stop myself from putting my face onto her neck, whispering to her. "I'm sorry."

"Please let me go." She whispered. "Please."

"I love you." I let her go, but she didn't move.

"No, you don't." She said, simply. My eyebrows knitted together, completely confused.

"Carmen, I love you."

"No. You can't."

"Carmen, what do you-?"

"Because, if you love someone, you'd never make them feel like I do, right now.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you." I was almost in tears myself, but I held them in .

"Leave me alone."

"Carmen, I-"

"I want you to leave me alone."

That did it. It was worse than an alpha command. I turned and walked back into the treeline, glancing back one more time to see Carmen standing with her forehead against the door, crying.

I made her cry.

Again.

I am the worst wolf. Ever.

I phased when I hit the treeline, ripping through my shorts. I didn't care about that anymore. I didn't care about anything anymore. I could only feel Carmen's rejection.

And I had the feeling I'd feel like that for a while...

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