You Only Live Once

Chapter 9

The next week flew by quickly without Allie noticing. She had been on her second date with Sam which involved him taking her to Seattle for bowling and then to a cute little café. The highlight of the night had been when Sam had asked her to be his girlfriend, which Allie had eagerly said yes to. Since that day her confidence had improved a lot, she no longer doubted Sam's feelings for her and this made her a lot more outgoing when she was with him or his friends.

Speaking of his friends, Allie had gotten particularly close to Seth who Allie adored for the cute shyness he had whenever they spoke. Whilst she was at work, Seth was normally there to help his mum with things in the kitchen; because it turns out he was quite a good cook. Once they got chatting, Allie realised he was very fun and had a good heart. She had also spoken to Kim a few times and they met up at the beach once to get to know each other. She liked Kim a lot as they were similar in many ways but she found it hard to talk to her sometimes as she seemed to only want to talk about Sam and Jared, which Allie didn't want. Whilst it seemed a bit hypocritical as she was a little bit obsessed with Sam, she didn't want to be one of those girls she had laughed at before, the ones that become obsessed with their boyfriends and couldn't talk about anything else.

At that moment she was sitting in Sam's house watching TV with him. She was sprawled across the couch with her head in his lap whilst he played with her hair. Neither was talking, but there was no awkward silence. Both seemed content to just be with each other. After a while Sam finally spoke.

"So, I was wondering if it's ok for the guys to come around soon, they usually come on a Friday but they don't have to if you don't want them here." Allie looked at Sam shocked,

"What? Of course they can! Why would you think I wouldn't want them here, they're great!" Sam's face broke out into Allie's favourite smile and he leaned down to peck her lips softly.

"Thanks, I just wasn't sure what you thought of them always being around, I thought you might get annoyed by it sometimes…"

"Sam Uley! Don't you ever think that! I love the guys and I hope I can call them my own friends soon… if they'll have me as their friend that it," Allie said, worried she might have crossed a boundary.

"They already think of you as their friend love," Sam answered with something she could only describe as adoration in his eyes. At this, Allie's heart began beating twice as fast. He had called her 'love'. Did that mean what she thought it meant? She really hoped so.

"Good. Now call them and tell them to get their butts round here now."

Twenty minutes later, Sam's front room was packed full. The whole gang was here which Allie realised included a few more people than she had already met. The one that stood out to her most was a girl called Leah who told her she was Seth's sister. Leah seemed like a nice girl, if a little reserved at first. After they had gotten through the first few minutes of awkward small talk they found that they had a lot in common and ended up becoming fast friends. Allie knew that Leah had dated Sam for a while and had been a little worried about what she would think about Allie being his girlfriend now, but this thought was quickly dismissed a few minutes after meeting her. It was clear to Allie that whilst Leah had once loved Sam, she no longer did and just wanted him to be happy, and to find happiness herself.

For the rest of the night Allie had a great time with everyone, joking around and having fun. For once, Allie really felt as though she had a group of friends that she could call family. She didn't even mind when some of the guys teased her about Sam because she knew they were just joking and that they were actually really happy for them both. Without realising, Allie fell asleep around 11 o clock in Sam's lap whilst the rest of the guys sat around them. When they saw the position Sam and Allie were in they smiled and one by one made an excuse to leave, slapping Sam on the shoulder on the way out.

Sam sat for a few minutes just staring at Allie's beautiful face as she slept, snuggled up against him. He couldn't believe he had gotten so lucky as to have a wonderful imprint like her. She was everything he could have hoped for and more. He knew that she was definitely worth all those years of waiting to find his imprint and watching the rest of the pack with theirs because she was perfect for him in every way.

After about half an hour, Sam began to realise that he was getting tired too and didn't think it would be a good idea to drive Allie home when he was likely to fall asleep at the wheel. With this in mind, Sam carried Allie, careful not to wake her up, up the stairs and into his room. He took off her shoes, but didn't think she'd appreciate being undressed by him so that was all he could do. He also didn't think she'd appreciate waking up with Sam next to her in bed, with no recollection of how they got there, so he made the decision to sleep downstairs on the couch.

Tucking her in, Sam took a moment to appreciate how beautiful his imprint was. He couldn't believe his luck. The only thing that stopped him from being outright ecstatic was the possibility that Allie would be returning to England within the year. Sam didn't want to think about this possibility but it had been playing on his mind. What would he do when it happened? He couldn't exactly leave La Push behind, he was the alpha of the pack and they needed him. But then again, he could always pass the responsibility onto someone else and follow her. This was not something he looked forward to doing but he knew he would do anything to stay with Allie forever. There was no way he could ask her to stay if she wanted to leave. The main priority was for her to be happy.

With these thoughts, Sam turned the room light off and slowly made his way downstairs towards the couch which would be his bed for the night. Lying down, Sam wondered how he would tell Allie about being a werewolf/shape shifter. Then, after a few moments of consideration, he decided it would be best to wait for a while before telling her because although it pained him to say, he didn't want her to feel obliged to stay with him if she wasn't even serious about him. If he told her about the imprint and she had been planning to leave him, she might feel trapped and like she had no choice, when really Sam knew if she didn't want to be with him, he wouldn't force her, however much he wanted to.

No, he would wait until he was sure of her feelings for him to tell her. He wasn't even sure how she would react to the news, making him extremely nervous. It also didn't help that it was extremely difficult to lie to an imprint and every time he had patrol he had to make up some excuse about why he couldn't be with her. Every time this happened, Sam felt a sharp pain in his heart and he had an incredible urge to shout out the truth.

With all of this in mind, Sam eventually fell asleep to the sound of Allie's soft breathing coming from upstairs. Everything would be alright, he told himself, and in that moment he knew it would be, as long as he had his imprint, nothing could go wrong.