Part II-Chapter 9

Disclaimer. I own none of the original Twilight characters. Ownership belongs to Stephenie Meyer.

The rest of the week passed by very fast and I was glad Friday had arrived. I had just finished tearing apart my closet looking for something nice to wear for my web cam thing with Embry. I finally settled on a nice off the shoulder baby blue blouse and dark skinny jeans. I put a key chain necklace around my neck and lifted my hair into a ponytail. It was 6:55 when I loaded Skype and waited for Embry to get on. When it turned 7pm exactly he logged on and immediately sent me a request to web cam. I clicked accept and watched as Embry's grinning face loaded onto my screen. I felt my own smile creeping onto my face and laughed at Embry's enthusiasm.

"Oh God, Ness, I'm so happy to finally see you."

"I can't believe it's you," I told him.

"Here someone wants to say hi." Embry waved someone over and a familiar face floated on the screen.

"Leah!" I exclaimed. It had been so long since I had seen her. She looked different too; her long raven hair had layers through it and some red highlights. Her normally makeup less face had mascara and eyeliner embellishing it and her lips were a deep red. "Dang, Leah, you look hot."

Leah laughed and Embry snickered as he rolled his eyes. It then hit me that they were in the same room together.

"I can't believe you two are in the same room and haven't killed each other yet," I noted. I watched as Leah smacked Embry on the back of the head for saying something under his breath.

"This dumbass here wouldn't shut up about seeing you today so I told him I was going to come over and say hi. I have a date with Sam in a couple minutes; he's actually coming over here to pick me up."

"Oh, great. Now that stalker is going to know where I live too," Embry grumbled.

"It's La Push, you dumbass. Everyone knows where everyone lives."

Leah glared again and was about to hit him but Embry covered his head in fear. Seeing those two like this made me want to jump through this screen and hug them both. I asked Leah a few questions about her date and she gladly told me everything. I could tell this bugged Embry but I knew he was okay with it. When Leah heard a knock on the door she giggled and ran to open the door. A couple minutes later Sam stepped in front of the screen and waved a shy hello. Leah told me she'd call me tomorrow and I watched as they held hands and left.

"I miss her," I told him.

"I don't see why. She's such a—"

I cut him off and asked where his mom was at.

"Hell if I know. She hasn't been back for a couple days." Embry's face turned sour. "I think she has a boyfriend." He looked like he was going to gag.

"It's not that bad," I tried comforting him.

Embry shrugged and we turned the conversation to us. We talked pretty much all night about everything. Embry looked sad when I told him about the bonfire I went to and when I mentioned a couple of the guys. He was happy no one was making fun of me though. I didn't mention Kelsey because I knew that would upset him. Around 11pm my phone rang and I told Embry to hold on while I answered it. I looked at the number but it wasn't someone's I was familiar with.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey, it's Milo." I heard the strong masculine voice on the other end say.

I was pleasantly surprised and smiled as I replied. "Hey, what's up?"

"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to come with all of us to the beach tomorrow. James would have asked you but he's too much of a baby."

Aw, that was sweet. "Yea, I'd love to."

"Great." He sounded pleased. "Meet us by the Sea Venture at 2pm tomorrow."

"Ok, see you then.

"See ya."

With that the phone call ended and Embry looked at me, expecting an explanation.

"My friend Milo just invited me to go to the beach with him and the other guys."

Embry grimaced. "That's nice," he mumbled.

I can't help the smile on my face. "You're cute jealous," I tell him.

Embry's cheeks darken slightly. "I'm not."

I giggle inside my hand. "You know you and the guys will always be my number on guys."

Embry smiles slightly. "I know."

We talk comfortably after that and soon it was 1 am and we both had our laptops on our beds. It was almost like being back at home lying next to each other. Not too long later my eyelids started drifting close. The last thing I remembered was Embry whispering I love you.

A loud beeping woke me up at noon and I groaned. I glanced around to see my computer close and on the floor. Funny, I don't remember doing that. I stand up and stretch then gather my stuff to change into. I shower quickly and change into my baby blue bikini and throw on some shorts and tank top with some white sandals. It was only 1pm when I finished so I dried my hair and watched the light brown ringlets fall down my back. I decided to put it in a tight bun with a few hairs framing my face. I don't bother with any makeup because I'll be getting into the water. I redo my nail polish to match my bikini. Finally it is 1:45pm and I make my way down the hallway to big my parent's goodbye. They tell me to be home by 3am and I gape slightly before leaving. They've never let me out after 11pm in La Push. I walk down to the beach and I'm there with 5 minutes to spare.

"Hey," a deep voice greets me minutes later. I turn around and see it's James. Behind him are Milo, Adam, Kelsey, Nate, AJ, and Natasha. I smile and wave at all of them.

"Hey," I greet back. "So, what's the plan for today?" I glance over curiously at the cooler they've brought along with a multitude of surfboards.

"Ever been surfing?"