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Part I-Chapter 2: Jealousy

Where you lead I will follow-Carole King & Louise Goffen

Jealousy-Brokencyde

Kiss me-Sixpence None The Richer

Cont.

Nessa and I laughed over stupid stuff and joked around, laughing so hard the neighbors were glaring at us. When we got to her house we made our selves a couple sandwiches and went to work on putting more of her stuff away. When we were done we just sat on her couch and watched music videos for an hour until her dad, John, came home and started making dinner for their guests. Unlike most families her dad is an excellent cook. I guess Nessa follows after her mom on the cooking department, like Nessa she can't even boil water.

We started talking to each other while watching John make his famous pasta dish. After getting caught eating most of the food before it was cooked we got kicked out and had to go get ready for the surprise guests. We tried asking her dad who they were but he said her mom would kill him if he told us so we kept out of the way and didn't ask any more questions. After about another half hour of getting and putting the rest of Nessa's books away, and the one's in her basement, we decided to just chill on the couch again. She started watching some girly show called Gilmore Girls and I thought about today's events.

I learned a few things today. I learned that Nessa can fix a car better than Jake, Quil is an awesome cook, Seth likes fluffy cats, and Nessa has more books than anyone I have ever encountered. Though that last one isn't all news to me. I know Nessa reads like a mad women, but I never noticed how many books she had until I saw her basement. Boxes after boxes of books, she said she had been collecting her books ever since she started reading in 1st grade, but damn those were a lot.

Also I learned that Nessa's mom is completely trying to ruin my life. Her surprise guests were the Honaw's (Josh's family). The whole dinner she was head over heels for that punk. I am so glad that her dad likes me or else I would have been screwed. The entire dinner she was exclaiming how perfect Josh and Nessa would've have been together if they didn't have to move. I was tightening my fists so hard against my palms that I actually cut myself. The whole night my body was tense and my jaw was locked in place. Oh, how I hated Mrs. Skye.

That stupid punk even rubbed it into my face a little about how her mom loved him and thought they would make a good couple. Whenever I would get up to get water or a napkin he would do the same and whisper only loud enough for me to hear that before Nessa left he would make her his and then he started telling me that he would do everything with her. I almost killed him right there. How dare he think that about her. I was about to beat the shit out of him except that John noticed my fists starting to come up and he quickly got me outside.

"Hey, Embry what's wrong with you? You looked like you were going to kill the kid," John said after dragging me out into the night's breeze.

I thought about what Josh said. I shuddered internally. How could he say that when she was right there? How could he even be so sure of himself, he made Nessa look like she was just a piece of property. 'She'll be mine,' like hell she will! And God the stuff he said about what he'll do to her!

I leaned my head back and looked up into the cloudy night's sky. I breathed in and out calming myself down before answering John, "I would have killed him if it was just us in there no doubt. Did you hear the stuff he was saying about Vanessa? He talked about her like she was garbage, John," I said, still staring up at the starless night.

"No, I didn't, but you know that won't ever happen. Vanessa wouldn't do anything with him and she has us to protect her too. So just lay off man cause I don't want to get a lawsuit explaining on how my daughters best friend beat the living pulp out of my wife's best friend's son, okay?" he said, not lifting his gaze from my face.

I looked back at him and saw worry in his eyes.

"Yea, alright. Let's go back inside it's gonna rain soon," I concluded, pointing my head in the direction of the forming rain clouds.

Another hour had passed and finally they left. After having that 'talk' with John I felt better. I hadn't even been thinking about Nessa when Josh said that crap. I was only thinking about how I would kill him if he did do that stuff. I never considered what Vanessa would do. Maybe I shouldn't have reacted that way and I gave him the satisfaction of seeing me pissed off. Damn him, I thought. I got up from the table and told Nessa goodbye and walked home. I came home to an empty house. Again. What was different this time though is that there was a note on the kitchen island.

Embry,

I had to go to a business convention until Sunday morning so please ask the Clearwater's if you can stay with them. Please tell Vanessa that I'm sorry I wasn't able to say goodbye to her and give my regards to her parents. I left you some money in your room on your beside table in case you needed it. Please don't get yourself in any more trouble or else I'm going to have the elders talk to you. Make sure you lock up and don't let anybody inside the house while you're there.

Love,

Mom

Wow, at least she wrote me a note this time I usually have to find out from Quil Sr. that she left. Maybe she's changing. I snorted. Yea, right. I crumpled up the note and threw it away. I then locked up the house and went up to my room. I stripped down to just my boxers and put my stereo on high to my favorite band for the time being and jumped on into my bed. I pulled the covers all the way over me and let the music lull me to sleep.

I stared at her beautiful face for the last time. We were just outside my house standing in the rain. She closed her eyes and spread her arms out like a birds wings. She started spinning around in circles while laughing. I just watched her in awe. She stopped and grabbed onto my hand then proceeded spinning again. I complied. We laughed there dancing in the pouring rain, but having the time of our lives. It was perfect.

She stopped dancing, took my other hand in hers, and brought them up to her face. She put her chin on top of them and sighed happily. She released her grip and when up to my porch where she then sat down on the top step. I followed her up, sat down beside her, and rested my head on hers. She began humming a foreign tune while talking my hand in hers once more and casually drawing circles onto it with her finger.

I pulled back my head to look into her face. I lifted her head up with my fingers and leaned into her. Her face was one of someone truly happy. She smiled at me while closing her eyes and breathing out. Her breath caressed my face, she smelled of her favorite candy—cherry jolly ranchers—and bubble gum. I pulled my hand out from under her chin and started leaning more toward her.

We where now centimeters apart, she opened her eyes and lightly gasped at how close she realized we were. I put my nose against hers and breathed in her scent. Lilies and cotton candy, her favorite unusual body spray.

"Kiss me," she whispered.

I wasn't about to stop now. I was leaning my lips more into her and then…she was gone.

(A/N) To clear up any confusion on the end he was dreaming—therefore that is why it was italicized.