His Mate's Sister

Chapter 1-Emily

"Dad are you sure about this?" my sister Lori asked our father, we were sitting in a meeting with our lawyer.

"I've been working since I was 15, I deserve an early retirement" he told her as he read over the documents in his hand, he has decided to sign over the restaurant and bakery to Lori and me. Lori will be running the bakery since she's the culinary chef and I'm taking over the restaurant, it just made sense that way.

"I just don't think Emily and I are ready for this" she said.

"Speak for yourself" I said to her, "I've been helping dad run both businesses for the past year" I stated.

"Okay, well I'm not ready then" she huffed and sat back in her seat with her arms folded across her chest.

"I'll help you until you get the hang of things" I told her placing my hand on her shoulder, she smiles then nods.

After the meeting my parents and Lori went to get lunch while I went home to get some work done, when I got home I saw my sister Amy sitting on the front porch swing reading a book. I chuckle to myself knowing it's probably one of her supernatural books, I prefer a good history book or a classic literature book over that rubbish.

"What-cha reading?" I ask her as I step onto the porch.

"The Werewolf's Bride" she said showing me the cover, like I thought she's reading another werewolf book. She loves those kind of books, I just don't get them. I mean come on who would believe that there are people that turn into giant dogs or people who are supposedly dead but still walk around and need human blood to survive, It's all crazy. Where do these writers come up with this stuff anyway? "Go a head say something" she rolls her eyes at me.

"Nope" I said popping the p, "not judging your choice of reading material anymore" I told her holding my hands up in surrender.

"So you're not going to tell me how unrealistic these books are or how I should be reading something worth reading like Shakespeare or Hemingway!" she closed the book putting down next to her then folding her arms across her chest.

"Nope, there's no point" I shrug my shoulders, "you won't listen to me anyway" I said opening the front door then going inside.

When stepping into the house you step into a big foyer, to the left of the foyer is the dinning room. To the right of the foyer is the living room, just opposite the front doors is the stairs leading to the second floor. Through the dinning room you enter the kitchen which by the way is huge, it has two ovens that are placed in the wall next to the stove. There's a giant island in the middle of the kitchen with a sink in it, the frig is against the wall to the left of the island. When you first enter the kitchen there's a table nook to your left, and there's a huge walk in pantry to the right. There's an office at the back of the living room where you'll likely find my dad most nights going over reports or schedules, I guess I'll be spending a lot of my time in there now.

I make my way up the stairs to the second floor, at the top of the stairs to the right is Amy's room and to the left is my parent's room. I walk past my parent's room and along the railing towards my room, my room is along the same wall as my parent's room and Lori's is right across from mine. I walk into my room, my bed is against the wall opposite the door, to the left of the door is a window with a built in bench. My vanity table is to the right of the door, then there's the bathroom and closet doors which are along the back wall. I walk over to my queen sized bed and sit down, I place my phone on the charger on my side table. I get comfortable on my bed then open my computer bag pulling out my laptop.Just as I was about to open my laptop my phone rings, I pick up my phone to see who it is but it's an out of state number.

"Hello?" I answer the call.

"Hey there beautiful" a familiar voice says back.

"Frank?" I ask surprised, "Where are you calling me from?" I ask him.

"A payphone in my dorm" he says, "I can't believe there's still some around" we both laugh.

"Where's your phone?" I ask him.

"It broke, I'm waiting for my replacement" he tells me. "So how did the transfer go?" he asked me.

"It went good, everything is all signed" I said. "But Lori's a little scare, I told her that I would help her" I told him.

"You guys are going to do great" he reassures me. "How's Amy liking college?" he asks.

"It's only been a month, ask me again after midterms" I laugh.

"Man I miss that laugh of yours" he says with a sigh.

"Oh stop, no you don't" I say as a blush creeps up in my cheeks.

"Yes I do" he tells me, "but it's not the only thing I miss" he sighs.

"Oh yeah! What else do you miss?" I ask him thinking he's going to say he misses his mom's lasagna.

"I miss your eyes, your nose, your rosy cheeks when you blush. The smell of your hair, I miss everything about you" he says and I could hear the smile on his face.

"Stop it" I blush even harder.

"Not a chance" he says. "Did you hear about Fred and Sheila?" he asked me. Fred is his older brother and Sheila is Fred's girlfriend or should I say fiance'.

"I heard" I reply. "Will you be back for the wedding?" I ask him.

"I'm the best man, I have to go" he chuckles. "Are you going?" he asks me.

"I'm not sure" I say, "I'm not good with crowds and social gatherings" I tell him with a sigh.

"Well then I have 11 months to convince you to go" he says with determination.

"We'll see" I tease him.

"Yes we shall" he says, "I'll see you soon" he  promised me then hung up.

I put my phone back on the charger and smiled, I've known Frank and his family my whole life. We went to school together and even played together, he's 2 months older than me. I've had the biggest crush on him since the 4th grade and it's all because that's when he became my knight in shining armor.

~~Flash back~~

I was sitting on a bench in the school playground during recess when the school bully, Adam Fillmore, came up to me with a couple of his goonies. Adam was a fifth grader who looks like he got held back one too many times, "What-cha reading nerd?" he said grabbing the book I was reading out of my hand.

"Give it back Adam" I got up and tried to take it back but he moved it in the air too high for me to reach.

Lori came over and tried to get my book back but Adam pushed her and she fell, I was sitting on the ground next to Lori trying not to cry when out of nowhere Adam was knocked on the ground. "She said to give her back her book" I looked up and saw Frank standing over Adam, I looked at Adam and noticed he was holding his eye and his nose was bleeding. Adam handed Frank my book and got and ran away, Frank looked at me and smiled "He won't bother you again I promise". I got up and gave him a hug and whispered thank you into his ear, we helped Lori up then he gave me my book back. "From now on nobodies going to bother you on my watch" he smiled at me again.

~~End of Flash back~~

From that day on nobody bothered me or made fun of me, of course he got in trouble for hitting Adam but he said it was worth it for me. He was there for me even when I got jumped from 6th grade to 7th grade, he even refused to let me miss my senior prom. He told me "You're not going to just sit at home and miss one of the most important milestones in your life". I didn't see the point in going, it was just another party and like I said before I don't do crowds. He promised he would be by my side the whole night and if he couldn't get me to have fun then he would take me home, so I allowed him to take me.

I laid back in my bed and turned my head towards the side table, I grab the only picture frame off the table and hold it. I turn and lay on my back with the picture over my head and smile at it, it's a picture of Frank and me at my prom. It's my favorite picture of the two of us, I wore a navy blue sleeveless dress that hugged my body and flowed down to my ankles. He wore a navy blue tux that matched my dress perfectly, he is 6'1 with caramel colored skin and a muscular body tone with black silky hair and hazel eyes.I brought the picture down to my chest and hugged it tight, I miss him so much.