"Leah!" Sam growled.
"She's going to find out sooner or later, Sam." Leah said.
"Find out what?" Layla asked, frowning.
"That wolf that's gonna get his ass kicked by me, personally?" Leah said, glaring at the wolf, "is Embry."
"Oh, ha ha ha." Layla said.
Instead of replying, Leah closed her eyes and phased into her wolf, walking up to Embry who was still on top of Jake. She bared her teeth and snapped at Embry until he finally backed away, going to stand protectively in front of Layla.
"How fucking high am I right now?" Layla asked, not believing what she saw.
"You're not high at all." Sam said, sighing loudly.
Layla looked over at the gray and black spotted wolf beside her. "Embry?" she whispered. The wolf seemed, to Layla, to nod. Layla held her hand up, gently petting the top of his head. "This is wild." Layla muttered. "Can all of you do this?"
"I can, and you know Leah and Embry can. So can Jake, Seth, Colin, Quil, Jared...and Paul." Sam said.
"So the legends are right?" Layla asked.
"Yeah. They are. That's why I keep telling them." Sam said.
Layla nearly jumped when Embry had phased back into his human form, standing completely naked beside of her. Leah phased back too, taking the shirt from Jake who blocked her from Sam's and Embry's sight until she had put it on. Embry pulled the pants from the sand several feet away and slipped them on, walking back to stand next to Layla.
Layla nodded and bit her lip. "Why not." she said, looking from Sam to Jake to Leah and finally to Embry.
"Were you really going to kill him?" Leah asked.
"I don't know what came over me. He kicked Embry right in the nuts and you went down and I just got so pissed off." Layla said.
"Like you did when Audrey called us all freaks?" Jake asked quietly.
"That was uncalled for. You guys are my family." Layla said, frowning. "I'd drag that bitch through broken glass."
"So you really did kick her ass?" Embry asked.
"You haven't seen the video?" Jake asked, grinning. "Layla, can I see your phone?"
Layla sighed and handed her phone over to Jake. "The code is 8181."
Sam, Leah, and Jake had gathered around Embry, to watch his reaction to the video. Layla walked back over to the fire and saw on one of the old logs that had been pulled up. She put her head into her hands, trying to figure out exactly why she had freaked out of Raven. A kick to the nuts shouldn't have irritated her that much. But it did. She laid her head on her arms that were propped on her knees, and closed her eyes.
"Layla? You okay?" Leah asked, coming to sit beside her.
"I don't think going on a dating spree it going to fix it." Layla whispered, looking over at her.
"What do you mean?" Leah asked, frowning.
"I think I need to just move back to New York and move on." Layla said, staring at the sand.
"What? No. You can't go back. We need you here." Leah said.
"So I can keep seeing Embry every day? It is fucking killing me, Leah. I can't keep doing this." Layla whispered. "I can't. I feel like I'm losing it."
Leah looked at her friend who looked on the verge of tears. She stood and pulled Layla towards the ocean.
"No. No, no, no. I don't swim!" Layla said. "Leah!"
"Come on, we're gonna play chicken. I'll get on Jake's shoulders, you get on Sam's." Leah said, trying to cheer her up.
"You have, like, 47 feet on me!" Layla called out.
Leah grinned and charged at Layla, picking her up and putting her over her shoulder, heading for the water. She waded in until she was in up to her thighs, which was up to Layla's waist. She slid her off her shoulder and into the water, Layla nearly jumping out.
"Leah! It's freezing!" Layla called out.
"It's not freezing." Leah said. "If you want to get out, you have to play chicken."
Layla was shivering. "Because you're freakishly hot." she said, her teeth chattering.
"I know I'm hot." Leah said, grinning.
Layla felt herself being picked up again, this time gently. Embry had waded into the water behind Layla, seeing her shivering. To them, the water was just barely cool and felt great. Layla wrapped her arms around his neck, trying to get as close to him as she could, trying to absorb his heat. He carried her out of the ocean and back to the fire to warm her up.
"Was that your plan?" Jake asked, coming up to Leah in the water.
"That's part of what I hoped would happen, yes." Leah admitted. "I know the water would be cold to her. I also hoped Embry would go after her."
"And if she hadn't?" Jake asked.
Leah started heading for the shore. "Then she probably would have called for you or Sam. Probably Sam. You're always on my side." she grinned.
"What side? Inside?" Jake asked, licking his lips. "I like that side. A lot."
Embry had brought Layla close to the fire, grabbing the blanket that had been set out to put food on. Layla had pulled her t shirt and shorts off and laid them on the log to dry. Embry wrapped the thin blanket around her, pulling her close.
"I can't do this." Layla whispered.
"What?" Embry asked.
"This. You. Letting myself start having feelings for you again." Layla said, pulling away. "I can't."
"Layla..." Embry started, but what cut off.
"I've loved you since that night on the beach when I first came here. Then I asked you out and you shot me down. You chose that cow. It felt like every time I started getting over you, you swung back around to me. I can't keep doing that. It hurts." Layla whispered.
"What if I said I wanted you? That I broke up with Audrey." Embry said.
"It's too late. I can't. I'm sorry." Layla said.
Layla wrapped the blanket around herself and stood up, heading for her house. Embry felt a panic rising in his chest. Had he really hurt her that much?
"Yes. You did." Sam said softly, coming to stand next to Embry. "Why did you?" he asked.
"I didn't deserve her. I break everything I love. For so long I had to see you and Emily have this perfect thing and I kept chasing it with every girlfriend thinking that, if I loved her hard enough, she would be my Imprint. In the end, they kept hurting me. Kept leaving. I didn't want it again. So I kept myself away." Embry said.
"And you're just letting her go?" Sam asked.
"You heard her. She said she can't. That...that I hurt her." Embry whispered, his voice breaking. "I tried not to hurt her but I did anyway."
"Then go make it right. Before she leaves." Sam said. "Leah said she wants to move back to New York."
Embry turned a panicked look to Sam. When Sam didn't say anything, Embry took off running, pushing himself to run as fast as he could. By the time he caught up to Layla, she was going up the steps to her door. He grabbed Layla around the waist and pushed her against the side of the house, kissing her desperately. When he felt Layla kissing him back, he wanted to jump and punch the air. He picked her up and she wrapped her arms and legs around him, nearly dropping the blanket in the process. Embry carried her, not wanting to let her down, not wanting to stop touching her and kissing her, and headed for his house. His mother was still out on a cruise with one of the guys she met, so he had the house to himself. He walked into his house, heading for his bedroom. He laid Layla gently on the bed, pulling the blanket away before pulling his shorts off. He pressed his lips back against Layla's loving how eagerly she responded. He climbed into bed next to her, pulling her as close as he could.
"What-" Layla started, but her question was erased when Embry pressed another kiss to her lips.
"I'm yours." Embry said between kisses.
Layla's heart skipped a beat, hearing the words Embry just said. Did he mean for the night or forever? She was afraid to ask, dreading the answer would be just for the night. Embry felt her stiffen slightly.
"You...you don't want me?" Embry asked, his tone full of heartbreak.
"For...for the night?" Layla asked.
"Forever. For as long as you want me. Tonight, a week, a year, for however long I can keep you." Embry said.
Layla's heart felt like it was soaring when she heard his words. She pulled him back to her and kissed him deeply. Embry smiled at her reaction. She pulled back and looked at him.
"How badly did he nail you in the nuts?" Layla asked.
"It hurt like fuck, why?" Embry replied, confused.
"Too badly to be with me?" Layla asked, biting her lip.
Embry felt himself get rock hard at her question. He'd wanted to be inside her the second he saw her go after Raven after he was kicked in the nuts. The way she went to attack Raven turned him on. Instead of replying, Embry shifted his hips until he pushed completely inside her.
"Fuck!" Layla said, losing her breath.
"Did I hurt you?" Embry said, moving to pull out.
"No, no. No, just kind of surprised me. You're huge and I haven't had sex since, well, since we had sex on the beach several months ago." Layla admitted. "Don't you dare pull out."
Embry smiled, thinking he'd been the only one she'd been that intimate with. "So, I ruined you for other guys?" he asked, completely cocky.
"Hmm." Layla said, pretending to think.
Embry raised an eyebrow and pulled out, pushing back in to the hilt. "Yes!" she called out.
"Yes, what?" Embry asked, grinning.
"Don't stop!" Layla cried out. "Move or something!" she whined.
"Not until I get an answer." Embry said.
"Yes, you ruined me for other guys!" Layla nearly cried out. "Move!"
Embry bent his head down and kissed Layla sweetly on the lips before pulling out and thrusting deep inside Layla, feeling her clenching around him. He groaned loudly.
"Did I ruin you for other girls?" Layla asked.
"What other girls?" Embry asked.
"Audrey." Layla said.
"I uh...I couldn't...get it up." Embry muttered. "She wasn't you."
Layla smiled wickedly. "That's the answer I wanted to hear." she said.
Embry quickened his pace, grabbing Layla's hands and holding them both above her head in one of his large hands. The other went between them and found the center of her pleasure.
"Embry!" Layla cried out as his thumb circled her, her back bowing off the bed.
"You like that, baby?" Embry growled out, thrusting in and out of Layla.
Layla cried out, an orgasm slamming into her, clenching and unclenching repeatedly on Embry inside her. Embry hissed in pleasure, trying to hold back his orgasm. It'd been way too long and he was too ready.
"Again!" Embry growled out, doubling his efforts.
Layla's whine of pleasure had him amped up, ready to burst. Embry bent his head to her neck, feeling her breath catch in her chest as he kissed her neck. He moved the hand holding hers to the back of her head, pulling her hair sharply and biting down on her neck, wanting to mark her for everyone to see. Layla cried out in pleasure as another orgasm slammed into her, making her nearly come off the bed. Embry felt how her body was milking his, how her hands went to his back, her nails scoring his skin and she tried to find something to hold onto as pleasure washed over her. Embry let himself go, cumming hard and deep inside Layla, shaking with the waves of pleasure that took him over. Layla held him close, feeling his body as all the stress and sadness left it. She rained kisses over his neck and shoulders, wherever she could reach. Embry finally collapsed on top of her as his orgasm waned. Layla wrapped her arms around him. Embry grabbed hold of her hips and rolled to his back, pulling Layla with him, never breaking contact with her. Layla went to move off of him and he growled, pulling her hips tighter. Layla raised an eyebrow and looked down at him.
"You know your cum is going to eventually get all over you and your bed if we stay like this?" Layla asked.
"Who said I'm pulling out?" Embry said, still holding onto her hips.
"So you're just going to stay inside me?" Layla asked.
"Mmhmm." Embry said.
Layla shrugged and moved to lay on his chest. "Suits me." she said.
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A/N: Sooo...how was that? Not too terribly risque, but still hot. It'll get better. Sadly, the story is coming to an end soon. Don't worry, my lovelies! I have ideas for a Sam story AND a Paul story and I'm still mulling over a Seth story. Which one do you all want to read next? Let me know in the comments! Leave me some love!