So Much For Normal - A Seth Clearwater FanFic (Chapter 15)
Do you ever get that feeling that someone is watching you? Yeah you know the one, when you just know in your gut someone is completly focused on you. That's the feeling I got the second I began to stir awake before I opened my eyes.
Mu muscles were sore and stiff as I began to shift from my awkward position on the uncomfortable desk chair feeling the heat of the winter sun hitting my face as it must have shone through the window.
I groggily opened my eyes, blinking back sleep as I take in my surroundings and suddenly remember where I am. Shifting my focus back to the bed in front of me only to find him already doing the same.
"Seth?" I ask in disbelief as I had expected it to takes days for him to be healed and rested enough for full consciousness.
"You stayed" was the first thing he said as he took me in with a smile, "I stayed" I told him as my eyes softened.
"How do you feel?" I asked with a worried edge to my voice.
"Kind of sore, a little tired but other than that I feel normal?" He replied almost as if he was unsure if that was how he should be feeling after his near death experience. I moved off the chair and kneeled beside him, conscious as I could feel him watching my every move intently. Placing my hand on his forehead I was surprised to find his temperature back to normal, well normal for a wolf that is. I lifted his arm slightly and awkwardly pulled down the bed cover to examine the bit mark. It was mostly healed. I let out a relieved sigh as I gently placed his arm back down.
"How does it look doc?" He asked me suddenly smirking. I rolled my eyes playfully turning to face his amused expression, "Well, it looks like you have no excuse to stay in bed any longer" I told him and with a larger than life grin and one swift movement he was up out of the bed and standing up in the room stretching his massive arms over his head.
"Phew, it feels good to be out of that bed" He stated beaming.
I coughed awkwardly, "Eh Seth" I motioned my head to his body and the fact he was wearing just a pair of boxers and that the rest of him was completely uncovered.
He suddenly went bright red and ran in the direction of his closet throwing on a pair of grey sweats in a matter of seconds while I done my best to act like I saw nothing but to be honest, the grey sweat pants weren't much better.
"Sorry" He scratched the back of his neck shyly, a red tint still staining his cheeks as he walked back over to me and giving me and helped me stand. I stood up in front of him but he didn't let go of my hands and I felt my heartbeat quicken and the blood rush to my face as he stared down at me with a lopsided smile.
"Y/N" I heard Sue's voice call from the hallway catching me off guard and making me jump away from Seth ever so slightly. She opened the door but whatever she was about to say to me died on her tongue as she took in her youngest child who she almost lost standing up out of bed and looking as good as new.
"You're okay, thank god you are okay" she whispered through muffled cries and she ran over to him and pulled him into a tight hug. He hugged her back tightly, "I'm okay" he reassured her and glanced at me over her shoulder mouthing 'Thank you'. I just nodded and smiled.
"What's all the fuss about?" Leah asked also making her way into the room and then noticing Seth.
"You're alive?" She asked, more emotion in her voice than he's heard in a long time. He chuckled, "Looks like it".
She walked over to him and punched him on the shoulder, "That's for almost dying on me" She told him angrily then she wrapped her arms around him, "Never scare me like that again" She said more softly this time.
She pulled away and looked at me giving me a slight nod causing me to nod back, taking her gesture as a thank you. I stood to the side as the three embraced.
"I have to let Billy know you're okay, he was so worried and Sam and the pack obviously, Leah you can do that, and oh you must be starving, I'll go put something on straight away, Leah go preheat the oven. Water, you need water, can't risk you getting dehydrated and..." Seth cut off his mothers ramblings,
"Mom" he chuckled awkwardly and they looked at each other for a moment before his eyes shifted to my standing figure for a moment and then back to her.
Sue's face softened then in understanding, she placed a hand gently on his cheek, "I'll shout when the food is ready" and then left the room dragging Leah with her.
We stood there in silence for what seemed like an eternity before Seth finally broke the tension, "So..."
"I guess I have a lot of explaining to do" I answered him with a small chuckle turning to face him.
"Just a little" He replied smiling at me again. Like a magnets, we instinctively began to move towards each other, my feet having a mind of their own but just as Seth began to raise his arm and reach out for me, feet starting pounding down through the Clearwater's hallway making us both freeze and seconds later the whole pack rushed though the door.
I quickly came back to my senses and moved out of the way before Seth was surrounded, only stopping when my back hit the wall nearest the door.
"Welcome back from the dead dude"
"I thought Leah was going to kill you! You know, if you weren't already dying that is".
I seized the moment when they were all distracted and grabbed my bag, slipping out of the room. I could hear Sue on the phone in another room of the house so I tiptoed down the hallway, through the kitchen and out the front door. I breathed a sigh of relief when I stood outside and took in a large gulp of the cold sea air before walking over to my jeep which was still parked across the road since last night. I hopped in, started the engine and headed home.
I felt my phone vibrate on the drive home and checked it one I had parked in front of my own house, knowing that it would be Seth:
I smiled noting the small 'x' at the end of his text. I know I owe him an explanation but I felt like I had already overstayed my welcome.
'Sorry, needed to get home and try explain to my parents why I've missed two days of school and didn't come home last night. I'll see you soon'
I read my reply again before following it up with another message,
I put the phone in my coat pocket, grabbed my stuff and made my way up to the house locking the jeep behind me. I heard a cough ahead of me and stopped in my tracks. My dad was waiting on the porch at the open front door, arms crossed looking extremely pissed.
"Inside now" was all he said as I hung my head, walking past him into the house and made my way over to the couch. Clara ran over and hugged me, "Oh Y/N, we were so worried something had happened to you". I hugged her back feeling awful for scaring them.
I sat down on the couch facing my dad who was sat opposite me in the armchair, Clara perched on the arm of it beside him.
"F/N M/N Rivers you best start talking" He told me sternly. Uh oh, full name.
"Well.." I started at the very beginning when Nessie hopped into my car yesterday morning at school and told them everything up until I walked though the front door earlier.
"And that's what happened" I said letting out a breath from talking so much.
They were both quiet as they took it all in.
"Y/N/N, I know you were trying to do the right thing but next time come to me first okay?" He asked softening his tone a bit.
"I will, sorry dad" I said sincerely standing up and hugging them both.
"So," he pulled back to look at me with a smile I reciprocated, "grounded for two weeks should do it?" He said suddenly.
"I'm grounded?" I asked in shock as my smile dropped.
"Well lets see, you missed two days of school, stayed out all night at a boys house and practised some very serious magic" He told me with a raised eyebrow, "Should I make it three weeks?".
"Nope two seems very reasonable and plenty of time for me to learn to never let it happen again" I said quickly before he changed his mind and ran to my room yelling "I love you" back as I made my way up the stairs.
I flopped down on my bed, the events of the past 24 hours replaying over and over in my head. I looked at my phone and noticed Seth had replied while I had been pleading my case.
'I'm holding you to that. I think we both have a lot of explaining to do.
BTW the second my mom lets me out of this house I will knock on your door so don't even try to avoid me x'
It was definitely not the time and there were obviously much more important things going on right now and we really did need to talk but I couldn't help focusing on the fact that he put an 'X' at the end of that message making me face blush furiously as I threw my head into my pillow squealing.
