Chapter 17
~Nanu's pov~
Emma and Seth come home from the waterfall around midnight. They go up to her room, and after they get settled, all I can hear is Seth's heartbeat and him breathing.
I run up to her room and crack open the door. Seth is asleep on her bed and Emma, as a lioness, is curled up on the floor. She lifts her head and looks up at me with big black eyes.
"Are you hungry?" I ask.
She nods her head.
"Phase. I'll get you something."
I run downstairs and get a water bottle of animal blood.
I go back upstairs and Emma is sitting on the floor wrapped in a towel.
I hand her the bottle and she drinks it dry.
"Don't let yourself get too thirsty."
"Yes, momma."
"We're gonna go back to school Monday, Carlisle is gonna go back to work, and Esme is gonna stay here with you."
"What about Kebi and Amun?"
"They don't like being vegetarians. They're going nomadic."
"Can you tell them not to eat my friends?"
I chuckle.
"They're going to Egypt and hopefully won't eat my friends."
We laugh and Seth stirs. Not wanting to wake him up, I leave. Emma phases to a lioness and curls into a ball.
~Emma's pov~
"Emma!" Emmett calls.
I run up to him.
"May I help you?"
Seth just left and I was going to practice phasing.
"Wanna arm wrestle?"
"Alice!" I call.
"You lose, Emmett!" she calls.
"Can we anyway?"
"If it makes you shut up."
Nanu and Jasper come with us. We set up on a fallen tree.
"3…2…1. Go," Jasper says.
Before Emmett can flinch, I slam his fist into the tree.
"Told you!" Alice calls.
Emmett runs sulking back to the house.
I go to follow him, but Jasper says, "Stay here, we'll work on people."
I stand in front of him and he tells me to change into momma. I do and I'm wearing what she's wearing.
By sunset, Carlisle says that I've down enough for today and gives me another water bottle.
I go to my room, curl up on my bed as a lioness, and listen to a fly throw itself against the window.