Chapter 16
Kim's point of view
I open my eyes and see darkness all around me. I look to my clock and see that it's ten pm. Wow I slept for a long time. Oh crap I'm late for patrol! I jump out of bed and out my window landing on the cold hard ground. I run into the forest and phase.
"Took you long enough," Paul grumbles.
"I'm so sorry, I fell asleep," I apologize.
"Don't let it happen again," he grumbles and phases back. I sigh and start patrolling. I wish Jared was here that would make this better.
After six hours of patrol I went home and slept till noon. Now it's five thirty and we're getting ready to head to Sam and Emily's. I haven't seen Jared today and I miss him. We've texted a few times though and he's coming over later tonight. I'm dressed in a black tank top, white capris, and black converse.
"Kim lets go!" Josh yells up the stairs.
"Coming," I yell back and head down the stairs. We get into Josh's car and head to Emily and Sam's.
When we reach the house I smell wonderful scents coming from the kitchen.
"Emily's cooking up a storm," I say chuckling. We get out of the car and go to the door. Josh knocks and Sam opens the door.
"You must be Josh, it's nice to meet you," Sam says extending his hand.
"Nice to meet you too Sam," Josh says as they shake hands.
"Please come in," Sam says and lets us in.
"And you don't ever have to knock," he says and I smile.
"Thank you for inviting us," Katherine says.
"No problem," he says.
"Emily Kim and her family are here," Sam says and Emily comes out of the kitchen.
"Kim," she says and hugs me tight.
"Hi Emily," I say smiling.
"You must be Josh, Katherine and Avery," Emily says.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Emily," Katherine says.
"I'm just glad to meet someone who understands cooking for werewolves," Emily says and Katherine chuckles.
"I'm sure you have it much worse than I," Katherine says.
"Dinner is almost ready," Emily says.
"Do you need help?" Katherine asks.
"No you're our guests, sit and enjoy yourself," Emily says.
"Nonsense," Katherine says. She hands me Avery and goes into the kitchen with Emily. Josh and Sam start talking about things and I decide to take Avery on a walk in the forest.
"See the birds Avery?" I ask pointing to the birds in the trees. She nods and smiling at them. We continue to walk through the forest and she soon falls asleep. The wind blows and I catch a scent in the breeze. I immediately freeze and a growl rumbles in my chest. I turn around and glare at the pale figure.
"What's a little girl doing out here all alone?" she asks. I glare at her not answering. I hold Avery closer to my and beg that whoever's patrolling finds us.
"Cat got your tongue, or wait should I say dog?" she asks and I growl at her.
"There's the doggie I know," she says.
"Now which one are you?" she asks.
"The black one, silver, silver black, brown or gold?" she asks. She uses her vampire speed and gets right in front of me.
"You know you really should answer the girl trying to kill you," she says glaring.
"I could kill you in an instant," I say.
"Then why haven't you?" she asks. I hear paws running on the ground and a long howl breaks through the forest. Avery starts whining into my shirt and the leech's eyes widen.
"You better get running," I say smirking. She snarls and takes off. I start running back to Sam's and see him running out the door.
"I'll be right there," I say and head inside.
"Oh thank god!" Katherine and Josh say coming over to me. I hand them Avery and head outside. I phase instantly and start running.
"It's her!" Paul growls showing an image of the red-headed leech. We all run and try to catch up to her.
"I got her!" I say closing in on her. I open my jaw to bite down on her but she jumps into the trees. I trip and fall down. I growl and get up. I catch up with the pack and see we're nearing the cliffs.
"Slow down!" Sam orders the others. They slow down but I keep running.
"Boss!" Sam yells.
"I won't let her get away again!" I yell and run faster.
"Don't!" they yell. I block them out and focus on the leech. I match her pace and snap at her. I manage to get her arm and she scream out in pain but keeps running. She jumps into the ocean and I try to slow down but can't because I'm going too fast.
"KIM!" Sam yells. I fall off the edge but manage to dig my claws into the earth. The others hurry to me and help me up.
"Are you okay?" Sam asks worried.
"Fine," I grumble.
"Are you crazy!?" Paul yells and I growl at him.
"Why did you call her Kim?" Jared asks Sam. Oh no.
"My name's Kimmi," I lie.
"You have the same name as my imprint," Jared says.
"I forgot about that, I guess we do," I say.
"So there's two Kim's in La Push?" Embry asks.
"Ya, there can be two people with the same name in one town," I say.
"Okay," Embry says.
"Jared and Paul continue to patrol, tell us if anything happens again," Sam says and they head off to patrol.
"Oh Jared tell your imprint to stay out of the forest, the leech almost got her," Embry says.
Thanks a lot Embry!
"She was!?" Jared asks shocked.
"Ya the leech was right in front of her," Embry says.
"Thanks for saving her Embry, I owe you," Jared says.
"No problem," he says and heads home.
"Lets go Kimmi," Sam says. We walk back to the house in silence. We phase back and put on our clothes.
"I'm sorry Sam," I say as we exit the forest.
"You could have been killed!" he yells.
"I know, I know," I say. Josh is going to kill me if he hears about this. We walk into the house and are tackled with hugs.
"Are you two okay?" Emily asks. I look to Sam begging him not to say what happened.
"Fine," Sam says and I mouth thank you to him.
"What happened?" Josh asks.
"The red headed leech came again, she got away," he says.
"I'm sure you'll get her soon," Katherine says.
"Well lets eat I'm sure you two must be starving," Emily says. We eat and no one asks what happened.
A few hours later we left Sam's and headed home. Ugh I was so close to getting her this time! Well I did get her arm, but that's not the same. She's still out there causing harm.
"Kim," a voice says. I look to my window and see Jared. I guess I was too busy thinking to hear him come up.
"Jared," I say smiling. I get up and hug him. He holds me tight and close.
"What were you doing in the forest today?" he asks. I knew he would ask me that.
"How did you know I was in there?" I ask.
"I saw you go in there," he lies.
"I was taking Avery for a little walk," I say.
"You had Avery with you?" he asks a little shocked. I guess Embry didn't see Avery.
"Ya, why?" I ask.
"It's dangerous in there, don't go in there again," he says.
"Why?" I ask. I want to see what he says.
"There are wild animals in there," he says clenching his fists.
"Okay," I say and his eyes widen.
"Really?" he asks.
"Yes," I say.
"I thought you would've put up a fight," he says.
"If you don't want me in there I won't go in there, I trust you," I say and he smiles.
"I missed you," he says kissing me lightly.
"I missed you more," I say. We sit on my bed in with me in his warm strong arms.
"What'd you do today?" I ask.
"Worked a little and spent the day with my sisters," he says.
"That was sweet," I say.
"They enjoyed it," he says.
"How many girls have you brought home?" I ask. I'm nervous to meet his family. What of they don't like me?
"Why do you ask that?" he asks.
"Answer the question," I say.
"None," he says.
"Really?" I ask shocked.
"Ya, now why did you ask that question?" he asks.
"I'm nervous about meeting your family," I say.
"Kim there's nothing to be worried about, they've love you, I do," he says and my eyes widen.
"You love me?" I ask.
"I do," he says and I smile.
"I love you too," I say and he grins. We kiss and some how Jared ends up on top of me. My arms are around his neck and my hands are tangled in his messy hair. He has one arm keeping himself up and the other is rubbing my stomach. We pull away breathless and grin at each other.
"I really do love you Kim and my family will love you too," he says and I nod.
"I love you too Jared," I say and he kisses me lightly. We spend the rest of the night in each others arms talking and sometimes kissing. I fell asleep in Jared's warm strong arms and had sweet dreams.