California Girl

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Chapter Song Jason Mraz

18. I'm Yours

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So I won't hesitate
No more, no more.
It cannot wait,
I'm sure.
There's no need to complicate.
Our time is short.
This is our fate,
I'm yours...

Carmen POV

"Carm!" The strong Brooklyn accent that my body had all but forgotten hit me like a train, then his body did too, pulling my into a tight hug.

"Vince?"

"Miss me?"

Frick.

Frick.

FRICK.

"Carm?" He pulled away and looked at me, wondering why I hadn't responded to him.

"Uh... Um... What are you, um, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see my girl! Your parents said you weren't coming home. What's that about?"

"Um, they said that I hadn't learned my lesson, or something." I mumbled, looking down. His hand lifted my face up, and before I could do anything, his mouth was on mine.

His lips weren't right. Not at all. They weren't soft and gentle and a thousand degrees hotter than the sun. They didn't kiss me like I was the most important thing in the whole entire world.

The kiss didn't give me the butterflies I'd grown to love. In fact, it made them sad. I felt a pit of disgust well up in my stomach at the thought of this kiss.

My arms were about to come out of their shocked state to push him back as hard as I could, when I heard a gasp that made Vince jump and turn his head to the next porch.

Quil and Jacob stood there. Quil's eyes were wide and his mouth was hanging open. Jacob shook his head, glaring at me. Quil blinked a couple of times, before he closed his mouth, then opened it again to say something, but was cut off by Jacob pushing him into his house.

"Damn, neighbors, huh?" Vince chuckled.

I couldn't move. I couldn't speak. I couldn't think.

Then a thought hit me immediately.

I had to tell Embry.

I had to get to him and explain everything before he saw it through Quil's eyes, or even worse, Jacob's.

"Uh... W-Where are you staying?"

"I don't know." He laughed again. "I guess I'll get the bus back into Port Angeles. I figured we could hook up or something but you're clearly not dressed for it."

I looked down at myself, suddenly self conscious. I was wearing my old SDU sweater and a pair of yoga pants with a hole at the knee. Embry had never cared, and I'd become slightly complacent.

"Um... yeah, well, I have to, you know... my grammy... I have stuff to do all day... I... Um... Yeah."

"It's cool. I'll see you tomorrow." He leaned in to kiss me again, but I was prepared this time, and turned my face to the side. He scoffed slightly, but turned to leave.

"See you." I mumbled, walking back inside, watching as he made his way to the bus stop up the street, before I snuck back out the door and bolted as fast as I could to Embry's house.

I climbed the tree by his window and went through the always open window. He sat up from his bed, his hair messed up (looking hot as hell, I'd like to add), his eyes half-closed. They opened as soon as he saw me, though.

"Carmen!" He held his arms out, so I ran into him, attacking him with kisses all over his face.

"I have to tell you something!" I grabbed the sides of his face and looked him in the eye. "And you can't listen to what Jacob says!"

"I never listen to what Jake says." He chuckled. "What is it?"

"I-I... I don't want to say." I was chickening out. What if Embry dumped me? I didn't think I'd be able to cope.

"Carmen?" His expression changed to worry, and he stroked my cheek gently. "Talk to me."

"I... Um... Vince." It was all I could manage, but it still seemed to alarm Embry.

"What?"

"He's here... in Washington... he, um, he kissed me... a-and that's what I had to tell you because... because it was only for a second but Quil and Jacob saw and Jacob hates me and it's not that I think he would, but if he showed you it by accident or something-"

"It's fine, Carmen."

It didn't feel fine with the way his body seemed to be shaking.

"Calm down." I ordered, then felt stupid, but it seemed to work. He kissed my cheek.

"I'm sorry..."

"It's fine. You have nothing to be sorry about. I just... I didn't want you to think that I'd cheat on you or something, because I never would." I honestly meant it as well. I'd been cheated on before and it feels like crap. If I ever made Embry feel like that, I'd go and ask Edward Cullen to drink me.

"I know you wouldn't." He kissed me lightly on the lips, but pulled back and cleared his throat. "Is that what that smell is?"

"I-I smell like him?" I subconsciously lifted my arm to my face and breathed in, but I couldn't smell anything.

"Uh... yeah... I mean, you don't smell bad or anything-"

"Guess I should just take this sweater off then." I smirked, pulling the neck over my head. Embry's eyes widened before he looked up at the ceiling. I laughed and pulled him into a hug. "Better?"

"You're not wearing a shirt."

"Yeah." I laughed again, and lay my head on his shoulder.

"What's a Vince?" Scarlett asked me the next day on the beach. I glared at Jacob, who looked at Nessie.

"You weren't supposed to tell everyone."

"Yeah, but it's not as if you mind." She giggled. He laughed too, and they just basked in their perfectness.

"Carmen?" Scarlett said, quietly. I looked back to her. "What's a Vince?"

"My ex-boyfriend from San Diego."

"Ew. San Diego. Ew. The sun." Scarlett curled her lip, and Seth burst into laughter.

Ugh. I hate couples!

"He's coming to La Push today." I mumbled. I swear that I heard Embry's neck break from snapping round to look at me so fast.

"What?"

"He's coming to hang out at the beach."

"But this is our beach!" Nessie whined. "We don't want him! We love Embry!"

"Embry! Embry!" Scarlett chanted, then Nessie joined in.

"I love Embry too, but Vince came all this way to see me, so I can at least be a good person and be his friend!"

"Or, we could force him onto Logan!" Quil grinned.

"This ain't a beach." Vince said as soon as we got to the sand. I shrugged and led him to where I saw most of the group still were, a couple of hours after we'd been there in the morning. "And it's fricken freezing."

"It's actually a pretty nice day for La Push..."

"Really?" He stopped walking in shock and disgust. I shook my head at him and grabbed his forearm, pulling him down the beach. "La Push is a stupid name too."

"Kind of... but I like it." I mumbled, arriving at our group.

"Carmen!" Quil waved. Claire waved her little hand too, copying him.

"Hey guys, this is Vince... Vince, these are my friends." I motioned to the group. "Where's Embry?"

"I'm right here." He said from behind me, before I felt arms wrap around me and pull me back into his chest, effectively removing my hand from Vince's arm.

"Hey!" I turned to give him a real hug, before pulling away and standing before him and Vince. "Vince, this is Embry, Embry, this is Vince."

They stared off for a little, before Scarlett broke the silence, standing on the opposite side to me.

"Are you, like, from Jersey Shore?"

Embry burst into laughter, and I could hear everyone laughing behind us.

"What? No!"

I held in my laughter, but I couldn't stop from giggling. Vince was very defensive about his looks, because not many people said bad things about his appearance.

"Oh. Okay, then." She walked away, back to Seth, who was laughing his head off. "What?" She asked him, making everyone laugh even more.

"My dad doesn't let me watch that. He says I'm too intelligent." Nessie said, innocently.

"Your friends are freaks." Vince whispered in my ear, suddenly very close. I heard a growl, and almost laughed.

Almost.

"Man!" Vince shot up straight. "Did you hear that? It was like a mountain lion or something!" He looked around the trees, and everyone burst back into laughter.

"Yeah. The mountain lions get really close to the beach." Embry said, his face completely serious. I laughed as Vince's expression grew more panicked. He looked at me, then his face turned, and he glared at Embry.

"Who the hell even are you?" He stepped closer to Embry.

"I'm Carmen's boyfriend. Who the hell are you?"

"I'm Carmen's boyfriend!"

"It's like Jerry Springer for the supernatural world!" Quil whispered, really loudly.

"Carmen?!" Vince asked, and their heads both snapped towards me.

"Uh... I..."

"You son of a bitch!" Vince yelled at Embry, before pulling his fist back.

"No, Vince, don't-!"

"Damn it! What the hell are you? Stone?!" Vince clutched at his fist.

"Sorry." Embry muttered, not sounding the slightest bit sincere.

"I'm out of here." Vince stormed off, and I felt bad... I did feel worse at the thought of the phone calls I'd receive from everyone when he got home and told them.

"Sorry!" I yelled after him, but he didn't turn around or stop.

"Geez, Carmen." Quil said. "The guy gets dumped and a broken hand? Rough night."

"Shut up!"

Embry took me home later, after I'd sat mostly silently at the beach. He stopped outside of my house, but before I could get out, he grabbed my wrist.

"Carmen..."

"You didn't have to do that. You didn't have to provoke him into punching you. You're my boyfriend, you know that. I told you yesterday. You didn't have to do that!"

"He's a Guido jerk and he deserves a hell of a lot worse than a broken hand for everything he's done to you!"

"But I didn't tell you all about him! I told a wolf I didn't know! One who couldn't use that against me!"

"Carmen-" His voice was softer.

"No!" I cut him off, still pissed. "Did it ever occur to you that I didn't want anyone to know everything about me and him? It's private!"

"I'm sorry-"

"Just forget it." I all but ran out and to my house, going straight to my room and collapsing on my bed.

And he doesn't even know about the baby-thing yet...

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