The Witch and The Hybrid

Chapter 9-Last Week of Summer Part 1

 Emilia's P.O.V

It's the last week before everyone goes off to their different colleges or universities, Michael suggested a group of us should go spend a week at his grandfather's cabin. We took two cars, Michael, me, Emmett and Rachel rode up in Emmett's black Ford Explorer. Darren, Kim, Robert and my cousin Sarah rode up in Darren's grey Chevy Tahoe. The whole drive was a little awkward, Rachel kept stealing glances at Emmett then would turn and look out the window, Emmett would check his rear view mirror every once in a while. I feel like there's something going on between them but that's impossible, I mean it's my brother and my best friend it's not possible.

It took four hours to drive up to the cabin, there's small town forty-five minutes from the cabin. We pulled up and I'm in awe, the cabin is huge, it's a three story wooden building with a porch that wraps around all the way to the back deck. It has six bedrooms, a huge kitchen that takes up the whole back of the house with all modern appliances. When you step into the foyer you are met with a stairway that leads up to the second floor, to the left of the stairs is a hallway that leads to the kitchen. You enter the cabin through a set of oak double doors, to the left of the doors is the living room which has a really big fireplace and to the right of the doors is the dinning room that has a huge table and chairs that looks like it can seat about ten people.

"Dude this place is massive" Emmett says getting out of the car.

"It's not that big" Darren says walking up to us. "I've seen bigger, hell I live in something bigger" he states.

"If you think it looks big on the outside wait till you see the inside" Michael says slapping Emmett's shoulder. "Let's go" he says walking towards the porch.

We step through the solid oak double doors and I hear the gasps come from everybody as they take in the amazing site before them. "So, room assignments?" Robert asks after composing himself. Robert is an Elf standing at 5'11 with semi long white hair, grey eyes and fair skin that sparkles in the sunlight.

"There's three rooms on the second floor as well as the third floor" Michael says closing the front doors. "Take your pick, except the room on the second floor with the M on it" he tells us. "That's my room, or should I say mine and Emma's room" he says smiling at me.

"Excuse me?" Emmett glares at Michael.

"What?" Michael questions his glare.

"I think Emma should bunk with one of the girls" Emmett states.

"Michael and I have already discussed this, we're not ready for a physical relationship, we're taking it slow so don't worry" I told Emmett.

"I still think you should bunk with one of the girls" Emmett says.

"Oh leave them alone" Darren tells him. "You're just jealous cause you don't have anyone to cuddle up with at night" Darren laughs jabbing Emmett in the side, Emmett blushes then quickly looks at Rachel before lowering his head.

"I call dibs on the second floor" Rachel yells out grabbing her bag and running up the stairs.

"Not fair" Robert yells grabbing his bag following her.

"I guess that leaves the four of us on the third floor" Darren says grabbing his bag ushering Emmett up the stairs.

"We can bunk together" Sarah suggests to Kim. Sarah is 16 years old standing at 5'3 with long auburn hair that flows down half her back, she has ocean blue eyes and fairly tanned skin that is covered in freckles like most of our family.

"Sounds like fun" Kim replies, they grab their bags and head upstairs.

Michael grabs our bags and guides me upstairs to our room, we enter his room and it's bigger than my room back home. The walls are a baby blue color, there are two windows along the wall facing the front yard (a lot of sunlight will be coming through those windows). There's a king sized bed against the wall opposite the door with a nightstand on both sides of the bed, the bedspread is navy blue silk with a navy blue comforter. There's a nice sized vanity table against the wall to the right of the door, to the left of the door are two doors. The door closest to the bedroom door is the walk-in closet which is bigger than mine at home, the other door is the bathroom. The bathroom is really huge, it has a big jacuzzi tub, a walk-in shower that can fit roughly four people, a nice looking toilet with a heated seat and a double sink.

"What do you think?" Michael asks me setting our bags on the bed.

"It's amazing" I smile at him, I wrap my arms around his waist and put my head against his chest. He wraps his arms around me and kisses my head, our beautiful moment was interrupted by a knock at our door.

"Emily" I heard Rachel's voice at the door, Michael walked to the door and opened it. "I'm sorry but I need to talk to you" she says with tears running down her cheeks.

"Rachel what's wrong?" i ask her pulling her into the room and sitting her on the bed next to me.

"I'll leave you two to talk" Michael says leaving the room closing the door behind him.

"Tell me what happened" I take her hands into mine.

"Has Emmett said anything to you about who his soulmate is?" she asked me.

"He can't say anything to anyone, not until his soulmate has her vision" I tell her. "Why?" I ask her.

"What if his soulmate doesn't get visions?" she asks. "What if his soulmate isn't a follower of the Earth Goddess?" she twiddles her thumbs with her head lowered.

"What do you mean?" I ask her, then it hits me like a bolt of lightening. "OMG" I cover my mouth with my hands. "Do you think that you are his soulmate?" I ask her.

"I don't know" she sighs and shrugs her shoulders. "All I know is that I woke up one day thinking about him and when I'm around him my heart races and my stomach feels funny" she explained to me.

"OMG" I clap my hands excitedly. "You need to talk to him" I tell her pulling her up off the bed.

"No" she pulls her hand away from me. "I can't" she says lowering her head. "What if I'm wrong" she says with tears.

"What if you are his soulmate?" I ask her taking her hand and leading her out the door.

"Stop" she says as we reach the stairs.

"What's going on?" Sarah asks coming down the stairs from the third floor.

"Oh good Sarah" I say seeing Sarah. "Can you tell what us what the rules say when it comes to a witch who's soulmate doesn't get visions?" I ask her.

"What do you mean?" she asks.

"Okay, say a witch receives his vision but his soulmate doesn't follow the Earth Goddess so she doesn't receive a vision, she just gets feelings. How is the witch to proceed when it comes to his soulmate?" I ask her.

"My understanding is that once the witch finds his or her soulmate and they are of age then he or she is to acknowledge their mate" she explains.

"What if he doesn't ?" Rachel asks disappointedly.

"What's this about exactly?" she asked crossing her arms across her chest.

"I think Rachel is Emmett's soulmate" I tell her.

"What makes you think that?" she asked.

"Emmett has been acting strange lately when ever Rachel is around and she's been having strange feelings when she's around him" I explain.

"Seriously?" she looks at Rachel, "Why haven't you said anything?" she asks Rachel.

"What if I'm wrong?' Rachel replies sheepishly.

"Oh" Sarah says then grabs Rachel's hand. 'We're settling this right now" she demands dragging Rachel down the stairs, I follow after them. When we get to the bottom of the stairs we head into the dinning room where Michael and Kim are setting the table for lunch. "Where's Emmett" Sarah asks them.

"I think he's outside with Darren setting up the firepit" Michael replies. "Why?" he asks.

"Rachel needs to settle something with him" Sarah responds with determination. The three of us turn towards the front doors and head outside, I spot Emmett with Darren and we make our way towards them.

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Emmett's P.O.V

"I don't know what to do man" I looked at Darren chopping a piece of wood.

"Look man, all you have to do is go up to her and tell her" he says bringing the ax down splitting a small log in half. "And here's your chance" he says pointing towards the house, I look over at the house and see my sister walking towards me with Sarah and Rachel. I can see determination in both Emma and Sarah's eyes and I can feel sweat running down my face.

"Emmett Joseph Tyler" Sarah hisses at me with a stern glare.

"What's going on?" I ask curiously, I know full well I must be in trouble.

"You have some explaining to do" Emma hissed at me. "It's time to tell her" she demands. I look at Emma then at Rachel knowing what she's talking about.

"Emily let's just go back in the house" Rachel says to Emma trying to pull her back in the direction of the cabin.

"Wait" I say stepping towards Rachel, I reach up and cup her left cheek with my hand then look into her eyes. "I'm sorry" I say to her. "I should have done this weeks ago" I tell her leaning into her and placing my forehead against hers.

"It's true then?" she mumbles with tears falling down her cheeks.

"Yes.......it's true" I tell her wiping the tears off her face. "I'm so sorry" I pull away from her and stare into her eyes, I lean in and capture her lips with mine. I pull away from her lips and take her hands into mine, "Say something please" I beg her. She just stares at me in shock.

"Why?" she asks me.

"I was afraid that you would reject me" I told me shamefully. "After everything I put Michael and Emma through, I was real jerk" I said. "I wouldn't blame you if you turned your back on me" I said looking at her with regret.

"Yes, you were a real jerk but you've changed" she said taking my face into her hands. "I was afraid you didn't want me and that's why you didn't say anything to me" she said looking into my eyes. "Where do we go from here?" she asked pulling away from me.

"I suggest we go get lunch" Darren says coming up behind me placing his hands on my shoulders. I give her a smile and she smiles back, we then head into the house for lunch.