End of Time (Embry Call)

Chapter Six

As the last bell of my first day of school rang, I happily bust the front doors open. I survived my first day. Thank god. I didn't think I could last. I was happy one of my new friends were in each of the classes or else I wouldn't have survived. I would have died from every single girl glaring at me. What had I done to them? More importantly, what had I done to Embry? He was still very odd the rest of the day. Though towards our last class, he did sit by me, did try to talk to me, and did try to smile at me. I knew he had to force the smiles. Something bothered him and I couldn't help but wonder if I had been the cause of it. The boys flagged me down once I had gotten out of school and I went by them.

"Where's Embry?" Paul looked behind me as if he was there. We were after all, inseparable before lunch happened. I shrugged my shoulders, he said he had to go to his locker and he'd meet me outside with everyone. "Oh alright. I wanted to give him back a test from class." He held the packed at hand but shoved it back into his bag. I looked at him quizzically and he mentioned that Embry hadn't shown to a class they had together. The majority of us began talking. They all asked how my day was and what I thought of each teacher. It took Embry a bit to get to everyone else. He tried his best to avoid major eye contact but gave me a nod. By the time he arrived the group was about to leave. They gave us both a goodbye. Embry was the last to stay. Right, I had to give him a ride home.

"You okay?" I asked Embry as we made our way towards my car. There were still a people scattered around the parking lot. They were either talking with their friends or waiting to get picked up. Embry nodded and tried to smile. "If you want we could talk about it la–" A flash of familiar red caught my eye. Stephan's corvette parked right next to my jeep, this time catching everyone's eyes. I blushed a deep red. What was he up to now? Embry seemed to back off when Stephan stepped out. With a huge bouquet of black and white roses from maison de fleurs.

"Hi Trissy!" Stephan flashed me his pearly white smile. I walked over to him with an embarrassed look on my face. The bouquet was bigger than my torso. Stephan kissed me on the lips, one I had to return. I didn't even want to look at Embry after this.

"Hi Steve." I took the bouquet off his hands. "What are these for?"

"It's for being a crappy boyfriend lately." I cringed. I had been the crappy girlfriend if anyone would ask me. "I haven't been calling or texting like I used to."

"It's okay. You're on vacation and I'm still settling into the house." Which wasn't a complete lie. Just a half truth, he was after all, far from home.

"Yeah things have just been hectic with me. So I figured I dropped by with these before I went to my grandparents again." He sheepishly admitted. He scratched the back of his head and chuckled. I couldn't help but compare it to the time Embry had done it. Stephan's execution of the gesture didn't seem as cute as Embry's. I told him I couldn't take the flowers though. They weren't necessary. "They were every bit necessary!" He exclaimed as if, if he weren't to do it, he would've been punished. "So you know you haven't been off my mind."

"You're not going to be in Seattle tomorrow?" I asked him in realization of what he had said earlier. Tomorrow was the day I wanted to talk to him. He shook his head. He informed me that his grandparents' trip to Greece was pushed back so he was spending a couple more days with them. "When will I be able to see you then?" If I couldn't do it tomorrow I needed to know when. "Or do you have time now to talk." I unconsciously pushed the bouquet towards his chest. Which he didn't think much of before he pushed back to me. He looked at his watch and shook his head. "I really need to talk to you though. And it's not something I can talk to you over the phone with." If it had to come to that though, I would do it. But as long as he was around the same vicinity, I didn't want to do it over the phone.