I woke up in silence, for once, and there was sunlight streaming through my window. I sat up, amazed to have had a pleasant night sleep for the first time in months. The alarm clock by my bed said it was 10.30; that means I'd slept for around 12 hours.
Chris had left already; probably fishing again, so I got dressed and wandered around the house, trying to find something to do. I'd done all my homework, and I'd done all the housework too. I needed to occupy my mind some way; free time had to be avoided at all costs.
I decided to call Dameon. He should have been up by now, and hopefully he wouldn't be busy. Maybe I could even go round to La Push.
Jessie answered. "Hello?"
"Hi Jessie, it's Emily. Is Dameon there?"
"Err... yeah. He's just woken up. Hang on a sec."
There was some rustling and a lot of mumbling and then Dameon answered the phone.
"Hello?" He sounded tired; I probably shouldn't have bothered him.
"Hi Dameon! How long have you been sleeping? I didn't mean to wake you..."
"Hey Emily!" His voice picked up now he knew it was me on the other end of the phone "No, you didn't. I can't sleep all day, anyway. What's up?"
"Nothing really, I was just wondering if I could come round or something. There's nothing to do here."
"Oh. Well, I'm supposed to be meeting up with the others later on, but that's not really important... You can come now!"
"I don't want to ruin your plans with the others... Won't they get mad at me?"
"No, no, they understand..."
I knew what that meant. They knew about him imprinting. Oh well, I suppose there was no escaping the fact they'd find out. If it meant I was allowed to see Dameon more, I may as well use that.
"Oh okay. So you're sure they won't be mad if I come round?"
"I'm certain."
"Ok. I'll be there soon then."
"Ok. See you soon Emily."
I drove to Dameon's pretty fast. For some reason, I just couldn't wait to see him again.
When I pulled up outside his house, he was already in the doorway. He looked pretty surprised to see me there so soon.
"That was quick" He said as I climbed out of the truck "You in a rush?"
"Only to get here. I didn't want to waste any time..."
He nodded and took one of my hands in his.
"Well, what do you want to do then?"
"Oh, I dunno..." I hadn't really figured out anything to do once I actually got here. I'd just wanted to see Dameon. I looked up at his face; he had huge shadows under his eyes. "Do you want to sleep? You look like you could do with some."
He shook his head and pulled a face. "No. I'm not having you come all the way here and then falling asleep as soon as you get here. I'm fine. You seem like you've slept well though."
I looked down "Yeah... I... didn't have such a bad sleep." I didn't want to get into the specifics.
"That's good..."
We walked in silence for a bit. I didn't know where we were headed, but I trusted Dameon did.
Dameon broke the silence. "So you're not having any second thoughts?"
