Early Imprint [Book 3] ✔️

3 • Temper Tantrum

QUIL'S POV

Sam, Emily, and I were headed up to Makah. It was a rare beautiful day for this area. Considering it was September, it was warm and sunny. Sam, Ronnie, and I were going to watch the Seahawks season opening game and then the family was going to spend time at the beach. I was really looking forward to getting away from my reservation for awhile, plus, I couldn't wait to see Claire.

Jacob came back a couple of weeks ago and almost ruined his friend Bella Swan's wedding. He had completely lost control during the reception and almost phased while he was dancing with the bride. Luckily, Seth Clearwater, Sam, and I had been there before any damage could be done. But I knew that Jacob was worried about Bella. Bella had wanted to be turned into a vampire and Jacob had figured it would happen on her honeymoon. I felt bad for him, but his depressing, distracted behavior made it hard to be in his head for too long.

We pulled into Ronnie's driveway and we made our way into the house. Claire and Cora both ran to us. Cora wrapped her arms around Sam for a quick hug before moving to Emily for the same thing. Claire ran straight to me and lifted her arms for me to pick her up. I bent down and lifted her up. She immediately kissed me on the cheek before resting her head on my shoulder while her hand reached up to lay against my other cheek.

Ronnie walked into the living room and offered Sam a beer. He looked at me with Claire and rolled his eyes.

"Game's almost on, you just got here on time," Ronnie said, making his way back to the kitchen with us following him. We grabbed our drinks, beer for Ronnie and Sam, and a Coke for me, and made our way back to the living room.

Emily and Stacy stayed in the kitchen with Cora where I could hear them discussing baby stuff. Stacy had a little over a month left in her pregnancy. They still didn't know if the baby was a boy or girl. They had tried to find out at first but the baby had turned in a way where they couldn't see. After that first attempt, Stacy had decided that she wanted to be surprised. I knew that Ronnie was hoping for a boy though.

I settled onto the couch, still holding Claire. She climbed off my lap a minute later and ran off in the direction of her room. The game had just started when Claire came back into the room, dragging a case of dolls with her.

"Here Qwil, this for you," Claire said, handing me a doll with purple hair. She brought out two other dolls and had them dancing on my legs. I moved the doll she had given me back and forth so that it could dance with hers. Claire started giggling.

"Sit!" Claire ordered, pointing to the floor.

"Claire, leave him alone, he's trying to watch the game, honey," Ronnie said in an exasperated manner.

"I don't mind," I replied, sitting on the floor with Claire. Ronnie's eyes turned flinty as I gave in so easily to his daughter's command.

We played dolls for a little while longer. I kept getting distracted though by the game.

Claire finally had enough and put the dolls to the side. She grabbed my hand and started tugging.

"Bweach now, Qwil," Claire pleaded. I couldn't resist her and started getting up.

"Claire, you are going to have to wait for the beach until we're done watching football," Ronnie said, steel in his voice. He gave me a look that dared me to interfere.