First Imprint Sam's Story.

Chapter 23: Date

Chapter 23 - Date

Sam's POV

I heard a knock on the front door and went to answer it.

"Hey Quil," I said, stepping back so that he could enter the house.

"Hey," he responded, his attention already distracted as he began to scan the room for his imprint.He had only imprinted the day before, but I figured he must be feeling anxious to see Claire again.

"Qwwwwil," Claire yelled as she ran down the hallway and jumped into Quil's waiting arms.

"Hey Claire-bear, how's it going?" Quil asked, snuggling Claire close. I quickly turned away so that Quil wouldn't see my smile. He was one of the strongest members in my pack. It was funny to see him get turned into mush by a toddler.

"Book?" Claire asked hopefully.

"Your wish is my command," he told her, holding her up above his head. Claire screamed with delight.

"Are you sure you don't mind watching Claire?" Emily asked as she walked into the kitchen.

Emily and I had decided we'd have a day date and go to the movies. We were taking Cora with us and it was a kid's movie, but I figured Cora would be so engrossed in the movie that it would be as though Emily and I were alone. Cora was four and a half, after all. Kids her age loved cartoon movies.

It was a little ridiculous how excited I was for this date. Emily and I hadn't been out in forever. I even put on my best button up shirt and khaki pants so that I could try to impress her. She had lived with the wolf garb of sweat pants for so long I wanted to show her that I could look civilized too.

"Don't worry, Em," Quil assured her. "I babysit my sister's kids all the time. Her youngest just turned one. I can take care of a two-year-old."

Stacy was picking Cora and Claire up the following morning. I knew Quil wanted to spend as much time with Claire as he could. I didn't know what he was planning on doing when Claire returned to Makah. The idea of not seeing Emily even for a day pained me.

I watched in amusement though as Quil held Claire in his arms so that she was facing the floor. He rocked her back and forth, and she started making "vroom, vroom" noises, pretending to be an airplane. I had a feeling that Quil would find a way to make his imprint situation work.

"Sue said she'd stop by and bring you some lunch," Emily told Quil before leaning over to kiss Claire on top of her head. She reached down and grabbed Cora's hand and led her out the front door.

"If you or the pack needs anything while I'm out, I'll have my cell phone on vibrate?" I told him. Jared, Paul, Seth and Leah were currently on patrol.

"Would you get out of here? Everything will be fine," Quil told me as he ran down the hallway, still holding Claire in front of him. I heard her scream "weeee" as they went.

Going outside, I hopped into the driver's seat and started the truck. Cora started humming contently to herself from the backseat as we drove. I noticed Emily kept glancing at me like she wanted to say something and then would look away.

"What?" I finally questioned.

Emily seemed to hesitate before finally blurting out, "Do you want kids?"

"What brought this up?" I asked in surprise.

"I don't know. I guess just seeing Quil look so fatherly with Claire, it got me thinking. We never discussed it before. And I know the whole point of imprinting is so you can find the best match to carrying on the bloodlines..."