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Chapter 18
Kim's point of view
True to his word Jared came up to my room twenty minutes later. We talked for awhile until we crashed in each others arms. It's been a week since then and it's two days till Christmas! I've been helping Jared with his classes and he's caught up now. Everyone's excited for Christmas and so am I. I got Jared something and I hope he loves it.
Today Katherine and I are going to the Nutcracker ballet in Seattle. I'm wearing a black and white long sleeve dress with black hearts on it. I have black heels, a black and white ring, and black bow earrings. Katherine's wearing a red long sleeve shirt, black leather skirt, black high heeled boots, and a black jacket. Josh is watching Avery so we can have a girls day. It hasn't snowed yet and I'm a little sad about that. I want Avery's first Christmas to be a white one. Katherine pulls the car into a parking space and we get out.
"It's cold out today," Katherine says shivering.
"Come here sis," I say and side hug here.
"Oh the perks of being a werewolf," she says and I chuckle. We enter the building and head to the front desk to get our tickets. While Katherine gets the tickets I look around the building. I spot four familiar people and look closer.
"Kim!" Lilly and Rose cheer running to me. They hug me and I smile down at them.
"Hi girls," I say.
"What are you doing here?" Rose asks.
"My sister and I are going to see the ballet," I say.
"We are too!" Lilly grins.
"Kim, it's good to see you," Mrs. Cameron says coming over with Kayla.
"Hi Mrs. Cameron," I say and she frowns.
"I mean Jasmine," I say and she smiles.
"Kim who are your friends?" Katherine asks.
"Oh Katherine this is Jared's mother and sisters," I say.
"Nice to meet you," Katherine says.
"Same here," Mrs. Cameron says.
"Why don't we all sit together," Katherine suggests.
"Ya!" Rose and Lilly cheer. We all head to the seats and sit down near the front.
"Your dress is pretty," Lilly says.
"Thank you, yours is too," I say and she smiles. The show soon starts and I smile watching Lilly and Rose watch the show.
The show was great, just like it is every year. I used to come here with mom when I was little, now I do it with Katherine, and hopefully soon Avery.
"When I get older I want to be a ballerina!" Lilly says.
"No I will!" Rose says and they start to fight.
"Girls you both can be a ballerina," Mrs. Cameron says.
"I'll be better!" Rose says and then they start arguing again.
"Are they always like that?" I ask Kayla.
"Yes," she says and I chuckle.
"Are you going to Sam and Emily's Christmas party tomorrow?" she asks.
"Ya," I say.
"Cool, I bet Emily's going to bake her blueberry muffins!" she says happily.
"I hope so," I say. Emily's a great cook and I love all her food, especially her muffins.
"We better get going but it was nice to see you Kim, and meet you Katherine," Mrs. Cameron says. I hug them all and we head to our separate cars.
"They're nice," Katherine says.
"Told ya," I say and get in the car.
I open my eyes and smile immediately, it's Christmas Eve! I jump out of bed and look outside. I gasp and grin, it snowed! I run downstairs and see Katherine cooking and Josh drinking coffee.
"I'm going for a run," I say.
"Why don't you eat and change first," Katherine says.
"It'll be quick, I just want to get in the snow," I say and she smiles.
"Go ahead," she says and I smile. I run out the door and into the forest. I phase and start running. I smile at the beautiful scenery around me. It looks like a magical wonderland.
"Someone likes the snow," Jared says.
"Love it!" I say. I stop running and roll around on the ground. I hear Jared chuckle at me and see him appear behind me.
"What are you doing?" he asks.
"Making a wolf snow angel," I say and we chuckle.
"Good luck with that," he says.
"So when are you going to tell Kim the secret?" I ask.
"Soon," he says.
"She'll understand Jared, trust me," I say. I feel Embry phase and join us.
"Snow day!" he yells and I chuckle.
"See ya," Jared says and runs back to his house.
"So Kimmi why are you here?" Embry asks.
"I was making a wolf snow angel," I say and he chuckles.
"Of course you were," he says.
"You know for an alpha you're pretty childish," he notes.
"I'm serious when needed," I say.
"Whatever you say boss," he says and start patrol. I head back home and phase back. When I enter the house Katherine has hot chocolate and breakfast ready for me.
After I ate I got dressed in light winter clothes and took Avery outside to play in the snow.
"Look Avery it's a snowing," I say pointing up to the sky. She claps her hands and smiles. I hear snow crunching and see Jared walking up the street. I smile at him and he smiles back. When he's close enough I jump into his arms.
"Hey beautiful," he says.
"Hey handsome," I say and peck his lips.
"So are you happy now that it snowed?" he asks.
"Yep," I say and get down.
"Avery is too," I say looking at her playing with the snow.
"I see," he says.
"Want to help us make a snowman?" I ask.
"Of course," he says. We work together and make a snowman.
"Perfect," I say looking at it.
"Come on inside you three, I have hot chocolate," Katherine yells out the door.
"Come on," I say and pick up Avery. We walk inside and take off our jackets, boots, hats, scarves, and gloves. I hand Avery to Josh and take a cup of hot chocolate.
"Thank you Katherine," Jared says.
"You're welcome," she says.
"So I heard you were at the ballet yesterday and saw my mother and sisters," Jared says to me.
"Yep," I say.
"Now I wish I went," he says and I smile at him.
"Next year," I say.
"I should get going, I have to help my mom with somethings," he says standing up.
"Okay, see you at Emily and Sam's," I say walking him to the door.
"Yes you will," he says. He kisses me and moves his lips to my ear.
"I reserved some mistletoe for us," he says and I blush lightly.
"Good," I say and kiss him.
"See ya soon," he says pulling away. I wave and watch his retreating form.
It's time to head over to Emily and Sam's and I'm ready for some fun. I'm dressed in a red long sleeve turtle neck shirt, black leather skirt, santa hat, and red heels. I have in snowflake earrings and necklace. I painted my nails red with snowflakes on them. I straightened my hair and put on dark red lipstick. I also made some brownies to bring. Avery's dressed in a cute green Christmas dress with reindeer on it. Emily and Sam's place is going to be packed. Jared's family is going, the Clearwater family, my family, Emily's family, Sam's mother, and Paul's father. Embry's mother was invited but she doesn't want to come.
When we pull up to the house there's already a lot of cars. We all get out and get everything. "Kim!" Jared yells and runs to me. He picks me up and twirls me around.
"You look amazing," he says putting me down.
"Thank you," I say.
"Let me help," he says taking the brownies.
"No sneaking any," I warn.
"You should've made more," he says.
"I figured," I say we all enter the house and I smile at all the Christmas decorations.
"Oh good you're here," Emily says smiling at us. I hug her and hand her the brownies.
"These look delicious and very creative," she says.
"Cool!" Rose and Lilly say looking at them.
"Can I have one aunty Em?" a little girl asks Emily.
"Why don't we wait till after we eat," Emily says and the little girl frowns.
"Okay," she huffs and goes back into the living room.
"Let me introduce everyone," Emily says. I then meet all the Clearwaters (minus Leah), Claire Young (Emily's niece), Jack Lahote (Paul's father), Allison Uley (Sam's mother), Nathan Young (Emily's older brother), Melody Young (Claire's older sister), Cassandra Young (Claire and Melody's mother), and Martha Young(Emily and Nathan's mother). After introductions Katherine and I go into the kitchen to help Emily, Cassandra, Martha, Allison, and Sue.
"Kim you don't have to help," Emily says.
"But I want to," I say.
"No go talk with Jared," she says shooing me out of the kitchen. I sigh and go find Jared.
I find him talking with Harry and Seth. He smiles at me and I smile back.
"Harry, Seth this is my girlfriend Kim," Jared says putting his arm around my shoulders.
"It's nice to meet you two," I say.
"Likewise," Harry says and shakes my hand. His eyes widen and I mentally curse.
"Are you running a fever dear?" he asks.
"No," I say and he looks shocked.
"Excuse me," he says and goes over into the other room. Dang it! I need to be more careful.
"Anyway, Kim I hear you that you bake," Seth says.
"Yes I do, I made the brownies," I say.
"Those were cool," he says and I smile.
"Thank you," I say. My phone rings and see that it's Carlie.
"Excuse me," I say and head outside. I answer the phone and press it to my ear.
"Merry Christmas Eve!" Carlie says.
"Merry Christmas Eve to you too," I say smiling.
"Sorry I haven't talked to you in awhile, I've been busy with family," she says.
"I was going to say the same thing," I say.
"What too busy kissing Jared?" she asks chuckling.
"Some of the time," I say.
"I need to find me a fellow," she says.
"Ask Santa for one," I say and she chuckles.
"Will do; seriously though I need a guy," she says.
"We'll do some guy shopping when school starts again," I say. Guy shopping is when we go to the mall and look for cute guys to go out with.
"Yay, we need some girl time," she says.
"Yes we do," I say.
"Well I got to go but happy early Christmas and tell everyone that too," she says.
"Will do and same to you and your family," I say.
"Bye, love ya," she says.
"Love ya," I say and hang up. I put my phone away and head back inside.
"Miss Connweller," a voice says and I look down the hall.
"Yes Mr. Cameron?" I ask going toward Jared.
"Our reservation is ready," he says smirking. I smile and take his hand. He leads me into a guest room and shuts the door. I look up and see mistletoe tapped to the ceiling.
"Merry Christmas Kimmy," he says.
"Merry Christmas Jared," I say and his lips connect with mine. I automatically wrap my arms around his neck and his hands go to my hips. He holds me close and I can feel the heat come off him and sink into my sink. Even though I'm a werewolf the guys have a higher temperature than me. I hear the door open but ignore it and continue to kiss Jared.
"You guys really need to get a room," Paul says and we pull away. We both growl and he smirks.
"Every time Paul!" I grumble.
"Hey it's not like I plan to do it, trust me I don't want to witness my best friend making out with his girlfriend," he defends.
"What do you want?" Jared asks.
"Dinner's ready," he says.
"Couldn't you have just let us starve?" I ask.
"Someone else would've come to get you, just be happy it was me and not your brother," he says.
"Good point," I say and we head into the dinning room for dinner.
Dinner and desert were amazing and I wish there was left overs to bring home. Harry hasn't said anything to me but gives me confused looks. I hope he hasn't said anything to anyone.
"Kim we're going to head home," Katherine says with a sleeping Avery in her arms.
"We should get going too," Sue says. She and Seth go to say goodbye to the others but Harry stares at me.
"Come on Harry," Sue calls from the door. He follows his wife and son out the door and I sigh in relief.
"Why has Harry been staring at you?" Jared whispers in my ear.
"Jealous?" I ask and he chuckles.
"Not at all," he says.
"No clue," I lie.
"What are you doing tomorrow?" he asks.
"Just staying home and spending Christmas with the fam," I say.
"Can you meet me at the beach around noon?" he asks.
"Sure," I say.
"Great," he says.
"Why?" I ask.
"I want to give you your present," he says.
"You didn't have to get me anything Jared," I say.
"Yes I did," he says.
"Fine, but I'm giving you yours," I say.
"You really shouldn't have gotten me anything," he says.
"If you get to give me something then I get to give you something," I say.
"Fine," he huffs and I kiss his cheek.
"I'll see you soon," I say and he nods. He gives me a quick kiss and then I head out to the car.