Chapter 29
Kim's point of view
*now in eclipse*
It's been four months since Harry died, Bella left for Italy to save her boyfriend, and Seth and Leah phased. School's almost over, in fact we only have one week of school left! No leeches have crossed into our territory since the red-head in March. Lots of things have happened since then. Quil Ateara V phased shortly after Seth and Leah. He's glad he finally has Jake and Embry back and apologized for yelling at me. Embry told Carlie everything and she accepted it easily. She knew something was going on and after she saw Embry as a wolf she believed him. I'm so glad she knows know because I hated keeping the secret from her. I also had my seventeenth birthday. Jared was so sweet and made me a cake. The cake was simple and sweet and I was very thankful. Also Katherine had great news for us...she's pregnant! I'm so happy for her and Josh. Avery's so excited as well, she wants another sibling to play with. The baby's due in January but Katherine's hoping the baby will come sooner, she wants a Christmas baby.
It's late at night but I'm still up watching TV with Jared. I'm in his lap, my back to his chest.
"We should go to bed." Jared whispers in my ear burying his face in my neck.
"I'm not tired." I defend. He starts to kiss my neck and I smile. I turn around and plant my lips on his. A howl breaks through the forest snapping Jared and I apart.
"Go ahead. I need to go tell Katherine and Josh." I say and he nods. He jumps out the window and I run to Josh and Katherine's room.
"Stay here and don't leave the house." I say to them. They nod and I run out the house. I phase as soon as I enter the forest.
"What's up?" I ask catching up with the rest of the pack.
"The red-head is back." Paul growls. We run to the river that separates our land from the Cullen's. We spot her and Embry gets to her. He snaps but misses. I run up next to her and snap grabbing some of her shirt. Dang it! She jumps over back to the Cullen's land and we follow them her and the Cullen's down the river. She jumps back to our land and so does one of the Cullen's. We all growl and Paul jumps the leech. The leech flies into the river and hisses at Paul. Paul growls stating his turf. Jake, Quil, Embry and Leah head after the leech while Sam, Jared, and I stay with Paul watching the Cullen leech. The leech swims back to his side of the river and goes back to his coven. They all leave and I walk over to Paul.
"Are you okay?" I ask worried for my pack brother. I nuzzle him with my big head.
"I'm fine Kimmy." he says. I turn back to Jared and find him a little jealous. I chuckle and nuzzle him. I lick him and he purrs.
"Uck get a room!" Paul grumbles.
"We lost her." Quil says and we all groan.
"She's in Canada by now." Leah says.
"Everyone go back to bed. Paul, Jake and I will continue to patrol." Sam orders and we all head our separate ways.
When I wake up I feel Jared's eyes on me. I open mine and see that I'm correct.
"You're so beautiful." he says brushing a strand of hair out of my eyes. I smile and kiss him lightly.
"KIM, JARED! Get up, you have school!" Katherine yells and we groan.
"Be down in a minute!" I yell back. We get out of bed and head downstairs for breakfast.
After breakfast Jared heads home to get ready for the day. I head upstairs and get ready. I put on cream long sleeve top, jean shorts, and brown sandals. I also put on my promise ring, dream catcher earrings and necklace, and a bracelet with the pack symbol on it. I grab my bag and head downstairs. I find Katherine and Avery watching a movie and Josh gone. Jared honks his truck and I kiss Avery and Katherine on the head.
"See ya two later." I say.
"Bye." they say as I head out the door. Paul and Quil are in the back of the truck and Jared in the driver seat. I hop into the passenger seat and kiss Jared on the cheek.
"Embry picking up Carlie?" I ask as he pulls out of the driveway.
"Yep." he says.
"Where's Jake?" I ask.
"Guess." he says.
"Bella?" I ask.
"Yep. He went to go see if she's still human and tell the leech to stay off out land." he says and I nod. "I have an idea." he says.
"Oh no." I say.
"It's not bad." he says and I chuckle. "Well sorta." he says.
"What is it?" I ask.
"Want to ditch?" he asks.
"YES!" the guys yell from the back.
"Why?" I ask chuckling.
"It's the last week of school what can they do?" he asks.
"What would we go if we ditch?" I ask.
"I have plenty of ideas." he says wiggling his eyebrows as I blush.
"Uck!" Quil and Paul groan.
"Get a room!" they yell.
"What about Embry and Carlie?" I ask.
"They're ditching too." he says.
"Carlie's ditching? She's never missed a day of school in her life." I say.
"Well she said she wanted to do something wild." he says and I chuckle.
"Alright, lets do it." I say and they all cheer. "But if Josh or Katherine find out you have to tell them it was your idea." I say and he nods.
"Here." he says handing me a bag.
"What's this?" I ask.
"You're going to need to change." he says with a smirk. I look in the bag and blush.
"Jared!" I yell slapping his arm.
"What?" he asks innocently.
"I can't believe you packed this!" I whisper.
"What'd he pack?" Quil asks.
"Nothing." I say shoving the swim suit back in the bag.
"Come on Kimmy." Paul says.
"No." I say.
"I just grabbed one." Jared says.
"Oh and the one you choose happens to be the sexiest thing I own. Carlie's the one who bought it for me." I say.
"That dress you wore for Valentines day was pretty sexy." he says and I blush.
"I'm not wearing it." I say.
"Come on Kimmy Cub." he says with puppy dog eyes.
"Ya come on Kimmy Cub." Paul and Quil mimic.
"Fine." I say and they cheer.
We pull up at Emily's and see Embry's truck there. I get out of the car and Paul snatches the bag Jared gave me.
"Paul give it back!" I yell.
"Nope. Not until I see what the sexiest thing you own is." he says and I blush but growl. He unzips the bag but I tackle him to the ground. I pin him on the ground and hold his wrists.
"Don't touch it!" I growl in his face.
"Fine." he grumbles and I get up taking the bag. I head inside and see Carlie talking with Emily.
"Kim!" she yells and tackles me in a hug.
"Hey Carls." I say.
"So ready for some beach fun!?" she asks excited. "Not really." I say.
"Why not?" she pouts.
"Because Jared packed this for me to wear." I say showing her what's in the bag.
"Oh Kim you're being silly. You'll look amazing in that." she says.
"No I'm not." I defend. Emily takes the bag from me and sees the swim suit.
"Oh Kim Carlie's right, you're going to look very beautiful in it." she says and I sigh.
"Fine." I groan and head into the downstairs bathroom. I change into the two piece bikini. The top is dark blue, strapless and has a tie in the front. The bottom is a a normal black piece. Looking in the mirror I admit that I don't look horrible but I still don't think I'm beautiful or sexy. I throw on my shorts and t-shirt and head back out to the kitchen. I out on my black flip-flops and dark blue sunglasses. All the guys have their shirts off and Carlie has on her bikini under a summer dress.
"Jake's back." Quil says and we all run outside.
"Hey look who's back." Embry says.
"What up, Bella?" Quil asks.
"Quil? You too?" Bella asks.
"Yep. Finally made the pack." he says and we chuckle.
"I'm glad you're here, Bella. Maybe we can get a break from Jake's obsessive inner monologue." Embry says and we chuckle. Jake's been thinking about Bella non stop.
"I wish Bella would call." Paul taunts.
"I wish Bella wouldn't call." Jared says.
"Maybe I should call Bella." Embry says.
"Maybe I should call Bella and hang up." Quil says and they all laugh. I chuckle too but see Jake blushing lightly.
"All right, you can all shut up now." Jake says. Leah walks out of the house and over to me. I give her a small smile but she just glares at Bella.
"Bella, this is Leah Clearwater, Harry's daughter." Jake introduces.
"Hey. I'm really sorry about your father." Bella says.
"If you're here to torture Jacob some more feel free to leave." Leah says and walks over to the forest. All the guys eyes widen and they suck in a breath.
"Fun isn't she?" Jake asks.
"If you guys would be nicer maybe she would return the favor." I suggest.
"Well if she would stop being a witch then we would." Paul says.
"She has a reason to act the way she is." I defend.
"Bella, hi!" Emily says as she and Sam walk out of the house.
"Hey." Bella says and Emily hugs her.
"I was wondering when we'd see your face around here again." Emily says.
"Yeah. Same here." Bella says.
"Sam, we good?" Jake asks.
"We're good. She won't be getting through out line any time soon." Sam says hugging Emily close.
"Cool." Jake says.
"Yeah, that's right boys!" Paul says.
"Beach time!" Quil yells. Carlie and I jump onto our boyfriend's backs and head to the beach.
When we get to the beach Quil and Paul run into the water. Carlie takes off her dress and heads in with Embry. I take a deep breath and take my shirt and shorts off. Wolf whistles and growls sound around me.
"Nice Kim!" Paul shouts and I blush. I turn to Jared and see him smiling.
"I told you you'd look fine. In fact you look more than fine, you look stunning." he says and I blush but kiss him lightly. We head into the water with the others and soon a water battle is in motion.
After hours at the beach we head back to Emily's for lunch.