Fifteen-Embry
I knew I had messed up but I didn't know it was that bad. When I finally made it to Mila's Ava made sure to tell me off. Then she told me that Mila had left but she didn't know where she had gone. I couldn't take the chance of phasing to find her. There was no way I would be able to get more clothes. Luckily for me Mila liked to pile on her perfume. So after about 15 minutes or so I was able to find her on the beach. I was just thankful she was on the beach this time and not roaming in the woods. I couldn't imagine the pain I would feel if Mila had gotten hurt.
"A pretty girl like you shouldn't be out here all alone you know. Strange things can happen." I said to her. I was expecting Mila to laugh or make a comeback. She didn't say anything just looked at me and rolled her eyes. I could tell she had been crying. Was this my fault? I wasn't supposed to hurt my imprint.
"You've got some nerve Embry. You're exactly one hour and forty-seven minutes late! You didn't have the decency to call or text me. Then you come over here and act like everything is fine?"
"Mila I'm sorry. I would have called but I-."
"Save it Embry," she cut me off before jumping off the rock and walking away. This couldn't happen. She couldn't be mad at me; she couldn't walk away from me. I ran over to her and wrapped my arm around her waist. Her hand flew to my arm but to my surprise she didn't push me off her. When I stepped in front of her she was smiling.
"Mila I am so sorry I didn't call you. But I left my phone at home and I wanted everything to be perfect." I looked her in the eyes praying she believed me. I was actually waiting for Bree to come back so I could break it off but she never showed up. And it had taken me forever to get everything ready.
What's everything?"
"Come on,' I said leading her back in the direction we had just left. "Be careful," I told her as we walked up a well-worn footpath. When we got to the top, I dropped Mila's hand. She let out a gasp and walked over to my handy work. Right by the edge I had placed a purple blanket down. There was food and a bottle of sparkling cider. She wasn't old enough to drink but this was still a celebration. Mila sat down on the blanket and motioned for me to sit next to her.
"Embry this is really amazing," she whispered to me. I popped the top off the cider and poured her us a glass. She giggled as I held my glass up and clinked it against hers. We both took a sip. Mila looked back at the water and I stared at her. Mila looked over at me. "This place is beautiful Embry."
"Yea this is Third Cliff. There are a lot of memories made here. For all of us."
"Third Cliff? What is this where you lost your pants?" Mila asked me laughing. I laughed with her but there were more memories than that here for me. Most of them were great, like the cliff diving with my friends. And my mom would bring me up here for picnics when I was younger. This spot had a special place in my heart and I wanted it to have a special place in Mila's to. "So about this talk we're supposed to be having," Mila said bringing me back from my memories.
"How about we eat first?" I suggested. I could tell Mila was anxious and I was too. But I was nervous about all of it. I pulled out the containers that had the food in it. Thankfully Emily helped me out in that area. I didn't want the normal picnic food. Instead of sandwiches we had baked chicken, fresh green beans, wild rice, and for dessert two slices of strawberry cake. As I slowly took the tops of the food I was glad when I saw small wisps of steam coming out. Emily told me to keep everything in the oven until right before our date. Mila licked her lips.
"I'm starving. Be sure to thank Emily for me," she said.
"How do you know I didn't cook this?"
"I can spot an Emily meal anywhere." We loaded up our plates, well I loaded Mila simply placed some stuff on her plate. She was halfway done with her food before she sat it down on the blanket.
"Embry what's going on?" Mila asked me quietly.
"Well right now we are eating a very late dinner."
"I'm serious Embry. I mean this picnic, you flying when you're afraid of heights."
"I told you I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of falling."
"Embry," she said very firmly. "I need to know what is this thing that's going on between us."
I looked at her and could see she was nervous. She was looking for the right words to say just like me. I could have told her all about the imprint just then but I didn't know how to start it off. Mila must have taken my silence to mean something different. She shook her head and jumped up. I wasn't expecting her to so it threw me off. I jumped up and ran behind her. She was right at the start of the trail when I grabbed her from behind. Mila tried to get my arms from around her but it wasn't working. I was much stronger than the average man.
"Embry let me go-"
"I'm not letting you go until you listen to me Mila!" She stopped struggling and turned around to look at me. I cleared my throat and thought about the speech I had prepared.
"Mila I know we just met but I like you. I like you in a way I have never liked any other woman before. We have a connection and so much in common. When you're not around me, I think about you all the time. I always feel better when I'm around you. When you aren't around me I feel sad. I want you to trust me; I want to take care of you. I'll admit relationships aren't much I know about. I've only been in two before and I don't know about you-"
"None," she cut in.
"But I want one with you. And if a relationship isn't what you're looking for then I want to be whatever you need me to be. I just want to be...whatever it is that you want me to be…for you."
Mila stood staring at me. "What about my age? Aren't you worried about what people will think?"
"I don't care what people think or how they feel. All I care about is you."
"Embry we barely know each other."
"We can get to know each other."
"Yea but-"I stepped closer and pressed my lips against hers. It was kind of hard to do since she was so much shorter than me. She was surprised and let out a startled breath. Suddenly I felt her hands on my arms as I slipped one arm around her waist and the other behind her neck. Her lips were soft, the softest lips I had ever kissed. Not that there had been many but still. Slowly her lips started to move against mine, awkwardly at first but eventually she opened it up. I let my tongue slip into her mouth and she circled her owns around mine. She let out a moan as she slid her tongue into mine. My eyes snapped open and I had to step away. I didn't want to rush anything between us and I could feel myself losing control.
"I need to get you home," I said quickly. Mila's breath was shallow and her heart was pounding. She put her fingers to her lips as I went and cleaned up the picnic. As we walked back down I kept looking at Mila. We walked to Ava's in silence.
"Embry I-"
"Just take some time and think about what I said Mila," I told her. She nodded and paused before kissing me quickly on the lips. I would have loved to hear her say she wanted me. it would have made my wolf happy but I needed her to be sure. I needed her to come to the decision on her own. When I got back home I let out a groan when I saw Bree's car in the driveway. There was no way this was going to be easy.
I walked in the house and found Bree sitting at the dining room table. My phone lay right in front of her. When she looked up at me, I could tell she had been crying.
"Bree I-" she held her hand up and shook her head.
"I knew something had changed with you. We were fighting all the time and you said there was nothing wrong. I kept asking and asking but you never told me. You kept blaming it on work and it wasn't work at all. It was her."
"Bree look I didn't want to hurt you."
"Didn't want to hurt me? Didn't want to hurt me? Well you failed at that Embry Call. I saw her today you know that? I didn't put two and two together until I got home and saw you were gone. Lucky for me you left your phone," she picked it up and swiped her finger across the screen. "Hey Embry I'll be ready at 9 like you said," she said slowly reading a text message.
"Then you have five missed calls from her." Bree shook her head.
"Bree listen I never wanted to hurt you. You have to know that but this isn't something I can control."
"What does that mean?" she yelled as she threw my phone at the wall "You said you loved me!" she yelled louder before she started crying. I knew I deserved it so I just let her get it all out. I stepped around the table and slowly walking over to her. She had fell to the ground and was leaned up against the wall. Her shoulders shook from the force of her tears. Slowly I pulled her up and wrapped my arms around her.
"Bree I do love you but this isn't working out for us anymore."
"It has to work for us Embry…it has to," she cried into my shirt. This wasn't how I pictured this going at all. I knew it was going to be hard. Bree kept mumbling 'it has to work' over and over.
"Bree we tried and it didn't work. These things happen sometimes. But we can at least stay friends."
Bree let out a scream and pushed me away from her. "Friends? You expect us to stay friends? It's either a relationship or nothing." She said with a straight face. I couldn't believe that she was giving me this ultimatum. I didn't think she would take it this bad. I looked around and saw the white couch. The back wall behind my TV was painted burnt orange. I looked back at her. Bree started smiling as she watched me looking around the
" I'll give you till next Friday to get all of your things out," I said walking towards the front door. I could crash at Jakes or maybe Sam's until she was moved out. Bree ran behind me and grabbed my arm. "Please Embry you can't do this."
I didn't say anything as I slid her arm off mine and pulled the door open. I wouldn't be able to buy a new phone until the morning.
"I'M PREGNANT!" Bree yelled out. I stopped walking and turned around. Bree was on the porch her arms wrapped around her waist.
"What did you say?" I asked her. There was no way she had said what I thought she did.
"I found out today. I took one of those home tests. And I made an appointment down at the doctor's office for tomorrow," she said as she walked off the porch to me "That why I said we have to work Embry. I can't do this alone. Don't make me do this alone." Bree wrapped her arms around me. She was still crying and I don't think she noticed I wasn't hugging her back or trying to console her.
So I don't know if this is really considered a cliff hanger but I didnt know where else to stop. Was this epexcted? I'm hoping to have at least two chapters up by Friday at the latest. Please review!