A Twist in Fate

Seth’s POV

This was it. This is her. My imprint! Sam said it was supposed to be rare but will at least half the pack with an imprint; I’m starting to doubt that.
I heard Quil call her Addie. Addie… Her hair looked so soft and silky with its shiny brown locks. Her eyes were mesmerizing pools of chocolate, pulling me in. Her lips full and inviting, making me wish I could kiss them. God, how I wanted to kiss her and love her openly but that would frighten her and I couldn’t do that.
I could imagine in my mind, the two of us together with no cares but each other. Then I thought of how dangerous it was for her to be around us all; non-vegetarian vampire and the individual temper of each pack member. My mind whirled as I thought of all the possibilities and I noticed a nagging in the back of my head. Seth………Seth……Seth…Seth!
I snapped away from my world of thoughts to see Sam with his hand on my shoulder and Addie looking a little uncomfortable. Maybe it wasn’t my head nagging me. I frowned to myself and reluctantly tore my gaze from Addie to look at Sam. “Are you okay?” He asked and I nodded.
I looked at Addie and smiled brightly. “Hi, I’m Seth Clearwater.” I said, sticking my hand out in her direction. She seemed to stare at it for a moment then surprised me when she slid her hand into mine.
“Adelé Esarosa.” She replied with a smile, shaking my hand. Adelé… I thought, smiling wider. She has such a beautiful name.
I let her hand go, trying not to scare her by holding on too long. “It’s a pleasure to meet you.” An absolute pleasure, I thought.
“So, cliff diving?” Addie asked, looking at us all. The first thing that came to my mind was, ‘no absolutely not’, but it wasn’t my place to invade in her life. She had no clue what she was to me and even if she knew the word imprint she’d never understand fully unless I told her the whole story.
“It explains itself.” Jake piped up.
“You can borrow one of my bathing suits.” Emily offered, taking her away to the bedroom.

When she was gone the guys went into a frenzy:
“Dude you just imprinted on Addie!” Quil grinned at him, slapping his back.
“Congrats man!” Embry agreed.
Everyone else went off into congratulating me on imprinting.

“Guys,” I said, sighing. “How do I tell her?” I asked and that was the golden question. How should I tell her? No, wait, could I tell her? I have to… I sat down in one of the chairs and held my head in my hands, groaning.
“Relax Seth; you don’t have to tell her now. Be her friend first.” Sam said, being the voice of reason he always was. “Take this gradually but be careful.”
“Okay, Sam.” I said with a sigh, hardly believing I could agree to that. Just friends? I’m not sure I can handle just being just friends.
But, for now, that’ll do… I told myself and sighed. Who am I kidding? Being just friends with Addie is just about impossible. I sat there for a moment and contemplated my options on this one but I concluded, thinking that Sam was right. I couldn’t rush into this. We didn’t know each other at all and I couldn’t risk scaring her away, no matter how badly I wanted to be with her. Friends first, I told myself, Baby steps…