End of Time (Embry Call)

Chapter Seven

And that day of school had to be the worst day of my entire existence of attending school. Embry wouldn't meet eyes with me, he barely spoke a word to me, or even acknowledged my existence. Even the rest of the guys could feel the obvious tension that had risen between the two of us. And to make matters worse, Embry somehow managed to find out Paul slept at my house the night before. I walked in on them in an empty hallway. It was a frightening sight to see. Embry had his arm to Paul's neck as he seethed a string of curses to him. They hadn't seen me, too engrossed in a malicious staring contest to even notice. I backed away but not soon enough to hear the words 'imprint' and 'mate.' It got me wondering what that had been. Needless to say, the rest of the days followed much like the first. Embry still hadn't spoken to me, in fact he had moved his seat away from me in the classes we had together. Which left me alone a majority of the time. The guys didn't entirely seem fazed by the our sudden separation. Or if they did, they did a great job hiding it. They acted like nothing happened between us, even during lunch. But it wasn't enough to make me forget the emptiness I had been feeling.

Paul had showed up the day after Embry confronted him with a black eye. I couldn't help but blame myself. I tried to apologize but he said it had been his own fault. That he was pushing boundaries that he knew he shouldn't have crossed in the first place. It was a confusing statement that I had dismissed. He and I remained as close as we did, but we never brought up him coming to my house ever again. It was just an unspoken understanding between us two. I couldn't even share my dilemmas with my own sister because the demands of her soccer games were getting to her. They had to double up on practice and what was even worse is that since she was co captain. Their current captain was sick with the flu which left her as interim captain. She needed had to do everything by herself with no help. And on top of that her classes were piling work on top of it. I couldn't bother her with my meager love issues.

Since Embry had stopped talking to me I couldn't help but miss him. I grew accustomed to talking to him every day, to seeing him, and being with him. In a short period of time to nonetheless. It amazed me how immensely he impacted my life. I missed him, more than I had missed anyone in my life. As shameful as it was, more than I missed my own flesh and blood. It felt like a huge chunk of me had been missing. I yearned to be by his side, I yearned to even say hi to him. I always felt so cold and helpless without him by me. My feelings for him were no longer undeniable. I was taken by the russet skin, black haired beauty that was Embry Call. But he still wasn't mine. I didn't know how I could ever mend our friendship ever again. I was still after all, tied to Stephan. Stephan who had yet to call me since he day he dropped the flowers off. He had been just as distant as I had tried to be. At this point I questioned whether or not we were still in a relationship. But he would never answer my texts so I wouldn't be able to find out.

It was the same weekend when I finally decided enough was enough. I needed to end things with Stephan, and mend things with Embry. I didn't know why it took me so long but I had texted Brandon and asked where Stephan currently was. I had the weekend off, no homework to worry about, no guys to hassle, and no sister in sight. Today she was off with Seth somewhere. I envied that their friendship was still in tact. It was a cruel reminder that mine with Embry wasn't. Once Brandon had given me the address, I wanted to be off. But not until I had gotten Embry. I wanted to kill two birds with one stone. I didn't want to wait any longer for Embry, I needed him the moment I broke it off with Stephan. I wanted to be his. It seemed like the right things to do. My heart pounded against my chest as I stared at the blue door in front of me. It was Embry's house. I hadn't been here in a week and it already seemed so foreign to me. I bravely knocked on the door three firm times, so he knew I was here.

To my complete and utter surprise, it had been a woman around my mother's age who had answered the took. I was taken by her beauty and I could see where he got his cheekbones and nose from; his mother. She greeted me with a huge smile.