Bringing Home the Bear (6 page)

“Then
you’ll be in there a long time because I’m not budging until you’ve at least
given me the chance to talk face to face.”

Emily
stood up walked to the back of the trailer. She sat and folded her arms across
her chest.

We’ll see who
can hold out the longest.

She
hadn’t realized she’d dozed off until singing woke her up. Her neck snapped as
she looked up, startled at first, but then she remembered where she was and
what had happened.

A
man was singing outside the trailer. He had the sweetest voice. She leaned over
to look out of the window. It was Trent; he was singing and playing a guitar.

She
tried to duck behind the curtains but darn it, he’d seen her.

He
was singing one of her favorite songs, damn it. He was serenading her.

No
man had ever done that. She walked to the door, opened it, and sat on the step
as Trent continued singing for her.

She
couldn’t help but smile. This guy was pretty darn perfect, and yes, he did
deserve the chance to at least explain everything to her. She walked toward
him. He stopped signing and put the guitar on the ground.

He
took her hand and walked her down to the water’s edge and they sat on a fallen
log.

“You
see up there?” He pointed to the sky above them. “That empty space between the
stars to the left of that mountain?”

“Yes.”

“That’s
where I’m from. We crash-landed here a long time ago. We’re animal shifters and
there are lots of us, but I belong to the Kalispell group.”

“Am
I dreaming all this?”

“You
want to be?” he asked.

She
shook her head. No way did she want to wake up and realize meeting Trent had
been just a lovely dream.

“Does
anyone else know about you?”

“A
few people, but we keep it our secret, so if we’re going to have a relationship
you can’t tell anyone what I’ve told you, and what you’ve seen me do.”

He
put his arm around her and she rested her head on his shoulder. There was no
such thing as the perfect man, but besides being a guy who was sometimes a
bear, Trent was as close as she had found. She had that strange feeling in the
pit of her stomach, the fuzzy sensation her friends had talked about, but she’d
hadn’t experienced until now, that this was ‘the one’.

“Would
anyone believe me?” she asked.

“Probably
not,” he said.

They
both laughed. A man she could laugh with.
Another plus in
Trent’s favor.

“Am
I your first human? I mean…”

“Oh
yeah, you’re my first.”

“So
I took your virginity?” she asked.

“I
guess you could say that. I suppose our only problem is how we get a bear for
your dad without hurting one.”

“We’ll
think of something.”

****

Trent
woke up, his arm aching where it had been wrapped around Emily all night.

She
was already awake and looking at him.

“What?”
he asked.

“Do
you hibernate in winter?”

“Nope.”

“Good,
I’m glad to hear that because I’d get lonely.”

“Hey,
you want to meet some of my shifter buddies later? The wolves are having a
party tonight.”

“Wolves?”

“Don’t
worry; they’re the friendliest bunch of canines you’ll ever meet.”

“I
guess I’ll have to get used to all this. Oh, and I did think of a way around my
father and the bear problem.”

“I’d
love to hear it.”

“He
said I had to bring home a bear.”

“Yeah,
but how’s that solving things?”

“He
didn’t exactly say it had to be a dead one, so I figure if I take you with me,
I’ve fulfilled his wish.”

Trent
smiled. That’s why he’d fallen for her, beautiful and smart too.

Just how he liked his lady.

“Do
you think he’ll believe I’m a bear?” asked Trent.

“Nope,
but he won’t believe the true story either. If I know my father he’ll think
I’ve made up this strangest story because in my heart I don’t want to kill a
bear, he’ll take pity on me and let me off the hook.”

“You
think so?”

“I
know he will. So when can I take you home?”

They
rubbed noses.

“Anytime
you like,” said Trent.

The
End

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