Chapter 9: An Awkward, yet Awesome Time Alone
(Jake's POV)
After we got Kat's clothes together, we gave them to her and headed off to Emily's house. She was there waiting for us, like always, and welcomed us with open arms for what seemed like the millionth time. She would be a great mother and she always acts like we're her children or something which is why I guess she's the alphas imprint. Once we were inside, we were hit by the smell of fried chicken and mashed potatoes for lunch. I wondered why she doesn't have a job but then I realized that she thinks her job is to help us out because she's destined too. She is way too great!
We all got seated at the table and started eating except for me. "I don't feel like eating right now," I said when the guys shot looks at me when they noticed I didn't dig in. Instead of sitting and watching them eat, I got up and sat on the couch in the living room. Switching the TV on, I started watching "Cops" and waited until Kat came back. Unfortunately, I had to talk to her and tell her what's going on and tell her about imprinting. If I didn't do it now, I wouldn't be able to build up enough strength again to say it. If I say it though, it might be too much for her and she might break down and feel embarrassed in front of me because I'm pretty much going to confess my love to her no matter how cheesy that sounds.
I continued to think about it and fight with myself when I heard the commotion in the kitchen. "Hey! You guys are back! I heard what happened Kat... Are you ok?" Emily sounded concerned like always.
"Yea I'm fine... Hurt like hell but I'm fine. Damien threw me into a tree," she pauses to laugh, "and I think I broke a few bones but doesn't feel like it anymore."
"In my defense, I had to throw you in that tree because you were running away from us. And about the broken bones, they healed. It's the power of the werewolf gene." I could practically hear the smile in his voice when he said the werewolf gene like he's lucky he has it. Any other person would gawk and be like 'awww, I want to heal that fast'. I guess I would too if I was normal...
"Yea, whatever. Hey, where's Jake?" Wait... What? I can't believe she's actually asking for me.
"In here!" I automatically jump up from the couch and almost ran to the hallway when I bumped into her. "Woops, I'm sorry. Didn't mean to run into you." I laughed at how corny that sounded. I totally wanted to run into her (;P).
"It's ok. This may seem awkward but I have to ask you something." I wiped the smile off my face and stared at her. Oh no, what did she want to talk about? Was it totally obvious that I loved her and that it's practically written on my face?
I took myself out of my trance and finally said something. "Umm, yea. What do you want to ask?"
She didn't answer for a couple of seconds and I thought she forgot where she was for a second but then she snapped and furrowed her brows. "Oh,uuummmm, just follow me." She took my hand and lead me upstairs. I just followed, wide-eyed, looking at where our hands are joined together. I smiled like a lunatic while she took me into her temporary bedroom upstairs. I was really confused why we went up here but I guess she wanted some privacy or something, not that it will help.
"So about that question..." I looked at her eyes, still smiling.
She closed the door and went to sit on the bed. I found a chair and sat on it. There were a good couple awkward minutes of silence. I wondered what the boys thought of the quietness. They probably are freaking out, thinking that we're kissing or something. Seeing my questioning look I threw her, she finally answered me. "I wanted to know more about this." She gestured to her and I got what she meant.
"Ummm, well first, there's supernatural abilities like great hearing unlike humans, there's unnatural healing, greater running speed, turning into a wolf of course, we can also hear what everyone's thoughts are when we're a wolf, and there's one other thing." I stopped, scared and nervous to tell her. What if she starts freaking out of throws me out the house? I gulped down my fears but she stopped me before I was going to say anything.
"Is the super healing how my bones got healed so fast and how I was going so fast through the forest... That was the greater running?" She was staring right at me. I nervously laughed a little bit and turned the chair a couple of times.
"Uhh, yea that's what happened. We also have greater strength but that's not what I was going to tell you." I stopped again, building up the strength again. Turning in the chair a couple more times, I think I finally built enough strength when she stopped me again from saying anything.
"So, what's the other thing? I think I can handle it, no matter what it is." I laughed again, but not because of nervousness.
"No, I think you'll throw me out." I laughed again when she got really confused. Just say it already! My subconscious was really impatient but pushed me to finally come out with it. "We have this ability to imprint. It's where we find our better half, the person we are destined to be with, and when we see her, or him in your and Leah's case, we kinda forget the world and suddenly, it's not the world holding you to the ground, it's her. Everything about her gets soaked up in your pores and you can't fight it, no matter if you think you're in love or not. It's really a reminder that she's the one and only and she will be the person to continue the werewolf line." I snapped my mouth shut with my hand, knowing what I just said had be very offensive to all imprintees out in the world.
She just stared at the ground, soaking in what I had just said. A lot of long minutes went by, I think 10 or so, when she started talking again. "Do...do you feel that way about... anyone?" She shuddered, almost the thought scared her. Good, the imprint should scare her, I thought.
Shaking my head at my thought, I replied, "Ummm, yea. That's the thing though. It's..." Then, my throat closed up, saying that I can't say it. I opened my mouth to say it but it still won't come out.
She took the chance to look at me, questioning why I stopped by the look on her face. "Who did you imprint on? It's ok...I won't tell her." She stood up and stood in the middle of the room.
I got up as well and meet her in the middle. Pulling her into a huge hug, my throat finally allowed me to talk. "I imprinted on you." I said with finality and pride, feeling good that I'm telling her I love her. Instead of returning the hug, she pushed me back.
"You what? When... How... Where?" She gazed at my eyes but I didn't find confusion in them like I thought I did, Instead, I found love and passion for the man that was standing in front of her, within an arm's length. I crossed my brows and she saw that and reached out with both hands to my face. With one hand on my cheek and the other rubbing where my eyebrows were mashed together, I automatically unfurrowed them and leaned into her touch on my cheek. She grabbed either side of my face and pulled it down to eye's length.
"I did too, you know." Then she pulled on my face into a kiss. Her lips were warm and soft as they moved mine along with hers. It took me a moment before I could pull myself into reality because I thought it was all a dream. I put my arms around her waist to take away the distance between us and she moved her hands to my hair. This wasn't a gentle, passionate kiss but instead a lust-filled, rough, almost-make out session. We continued, moving our hands throughout our torsos, her keeping one hand in my hair but the other exploring my bare chest while I was running my own hand up her body to take out her ponytail and the other roaming her side. Finally, after a couple of minutes, she broke the kiss to gasp for air.
"Who did you imprint on?" I asked when I caught some air. She laughed and shook her head in my chest. "What? I just want to know." I mocked, putting fake sadness in my voice.
"I wouldn't have done that if I imprinted on another man, silly." She shook her head again and broke our embrace to look into the full-sized mirror she had to fix her hair. I looked for a moment to spike my hair back into its position.
"We better get back down there before they suspect something happened." I laughed and pointed towards the door.
"Yea, probably." She took my hand and we both headed to the waiting crowd downstairs. Yep, this is definitely not a dream.
A/N: So? How did you guys like the first kiss? It was a pretty big moment if I do say so myself and even I had to calm myself down... Comments and questions are much appreciated! Also, if you guys were wondering WHEN she had time to imprint when she shifted, it was the end of the last chapter when she let his image burn into her mind... I didn't want to over exaggerate about it until the kiss.