Claire Titan
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Human, Imprintee of Quil Ateara
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Post by Claire Titan on Jan 10, 2009 17:30:24 GMT -5
[Post Breaking Dawn- 6ish years]
Sunday afternoons should not be this lame. As Claire sat at the table trying to scribble the answers to her homework. Third grade was boring and the spelling assignment they'd given her was unnecessary, at least that's what she thought. Regardless of her opinion, she had been told to work on her homework until Quil was done with his patrol and could visit her. That was what she got for putting it off and not doing it when she had come back from school on Friday. Until then, she'd have to work on her vocabulary. SHe only stopped once or twice to think about words she wasn't quite sure of, and only had to erase one sloppy answer to switch it out for another.
She glanced up from the page when she heard some kids outside, laughing. Claire frowned slightly at the injustice. They had no imagination and were probably playing tag as always. When she played and took the lead, they always found something more interesting. It also helped that she outran the other kids all the time and they had eventually stopped wanting to play tag with her. Her greased sneakers were on the floor next to the chair, she'd pulled up her legs to cross them under her as she tried to rush through the homework so she could go outside. Her simple jeans and t-shirt were topped off with a simple pony tail that she always wore and the hoodie her mother insisted that she wear. She quickly shed it when she realized that it would be forever until she could go outside, and slumped in her seat, scribbling the next answer not caring if it was legible.
This happened every weekend, though. Claire ran home from school to find her friends, or Quil, or food, and ignored her bookbag entirely until someone dug it out and dusted it off. She would protest but would ultimately be overruled and sent to complete her assignments. It had to be a conspiracy.
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Quil Ateara
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Post by Quil Ateara on Jan 10, 2009 23:26:36 GMT -5
Embry had just come to relieve Quil and take the next shift of patrol. Quil was tired by now. Most of the guys (and Leah) would sleep after it had been their turn. It was always wise to rest up when you had the chance. But Quil would rather spend the time with Claire, so after heading home for a quick shower, he threw on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt before heading over to visit Claire. As it was putting on a shirt was almost an afterthought as he knew that Claire's mother would occasionally give him disapproving glances for being frequently shirtless around her daughter. Quil never really felt cold so the temperature didn't both him.
He got to Claire's house and knew that being Sunday she'd be working on her homework. He wanted to see her but he also didnt want to interupt her schoolwork. She was so smart that he didn't want to be the cause of any slip in her grades. He slowly opened up the front door, not wanting to startle anyone. "Claire..." He called out as walked inside.
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Claire Titan
Dazzled
Human, Imprintee of Quil Ateara
Pity wock Qwil, for me for me!
Posts: 138
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Post by Claire Titan on Jan 12, 2009 22:13:53 GMT -5
Imitate. Colossal. Appetite. Who used these words that much anyway? It's not like they were writing the dictionary, why did she have to use these in a sentence? In a moment of inspiration she quickly scribbled the first thing that came to her mind. Quil imitates hippos and has a colossal appetite. She had at first thought of wolf but had decided against it. She had known for a few years that Quil could turn into a wolf, which was like... the coolest thing ever. Her best friend was like a super hero. But one of the most important things Quil had insisted on was the secrecy.
Claire's head snapped up as the sound of Quil's voice traveled through the house, as if her thoughts had summoned him. His presence temporarily released her from her prison and she jumped out of her seat, running towards the door where she found Quil. "Quil!" she called out to her savior. She sprinted the short distance before launching herself into the air to be caught.
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Quil Ateara
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Post by Quil Ateara on Jan 17, 2009 23:52:38 GMT -5
It wasn't long after Quil arrived to see Claire that she was sprinting towards the doorway and leaping into the air. He caught her mid jump and spun her around a bit before giving her a big hug. Claire always lifted his spirits and made everything in Quil's day better. It seemed to Quil as if Claire was growing at an incredible rate. Maybe it just seemed that way to him because he wasn't aging at all right now, but she seemed to be bigger each time he saw her.
"Hi Claire! How's the homework coming?" He asked her, knowing that she would have been working on it before he got here. He also knew that now that he was here, she wouldn't be too anxious to get back to work, and he could never force her to do anything she didn't want to do.
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Claire Titan
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Human, Imprintee of Quil Ateara
Pity wock Qwil, for me for me!
Posts: 138
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Post by Claire Titan on Jan 21, 2009 14:38:24 GMT -5
Feeling the rush of air as she was spun around, Claire giggled and held onto Quil's wide shoulders. He pulled her into a hug, which she willingly returned with as much affection. Her irritation at her schoolwork was momentarily washed away, infinitely glad for the distraction and even more ecstatic that it had arrived in Quil-form. Now that she was up here, she was gonna be stubborn about letting go. But Quil's question sobered her quickly and her face, though still happy to see him, showed a little defiiant grin when she answered. "Boring," she answered simply. "My teacher know that I know everything she taught us on Friday, I don't know why she's making me do the worksheet anyway." She wondered how long Quil would be able to stay. If it was late enough she could just fall asleep and she would try to finish it in the morning right before the teacher told everyone to turn it in. There was no point in wasting good Quil time on homework.
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Quil Ateara
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Post by Quil Ateara on Jan 28, 2009 12:51:25 GMT -5
Quil loved the sound of her giggling as he spun her around. She was so happy to see him which just excited him to his very core. He could see her expression quickly change when he mentioned her homework. Obviously she had been hoping to avoid it once Quil came. She knew by now that he'd never force her to do things she didnt like, but he would still try to give her encouragement.
"Its good that you know it already, should be nice and easy for you then" He said proud of how smart she was. "I think your teacher just wants to make sure you dont forget what you learned, even if you understand it all completely. "
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Claire Titan
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Human, Imprintee of Quil Ateara
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Post by Claire Titan on Jan 30, 2009 16:52:46 GMT -5
Despite of him taking everyone else's side about the homework, Claire's hold on his shoulders was tight and she wasn't going to let go. Homework wasn't worth missing hang out time with Quil. "But why do I have to do it if I know it already?" she insisted. She had already had this conversation with her mother, and apparently Quil was giving her the same argument. She just didn't get it. Why couldn't the teacher just ask her question and she could answer them, and then she wouldn't have to to bother with homework anymore. Why didn't they all realize how easy it was... maybe she was just smarter than allllll of them.
She knew that she would eventually get it done. Quil would know how to get her to sit down and finish up with promises of doing something fun with her. But she would stall for as long as she could, she was getting better at it. "What are we gonna do?" she asked eagerly.
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Quil Ateara
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Post by Quil Ateara on Feb 6, 2009 13:22:30 GMT -5
Quil frowned slightly as Claire seemed so discouraged by the idea of needing to do homework. He didnt want to be the one to have to force it on her, and really he knew he wouldn't be able to forcer her, even when he knew that it was good for her to do well in school. He wanted the best for Claire, which he knew school was right now, but how could he make her do homework when it made her so unhappy. "I don't know...maybe its just for your teacher so that when she's correcting it she can get a break and finally see someone who did it right. It probably makes her feel good seeing how smart you are"
"What would you like to do today?" Quil asked her. "If you want I can help you with your homework so you get it done. You probably dont have that much left"
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Claire Titan
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Human, Imprintee of Quil Ateara
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Post by Claire Titan on Feb 11, 2009 1:48:55 GMT -5
Despite being against the homework plan, Claire's little ego was appeased when Quil assured her that she was smart. "Yea, there isn't a lot left," she said shrugging. She would finish it just like he wanted her to, but it wouldn't be as boring if he was there with her. Plus, he was smarter than she was so they would be able to finish quickly and actually do something fun before he had to leave again. She felt her body slump in his arms in resignation, and she let herself slip out of his arms to take her seat again.
"I dunno..." she said, knowing that anything with Quil would be great. "Are you tired? Uncle Embry said it was his turn after you." only two years before, Claire had been given a Cliff Notes version of the Quileute legends, and was explained why Quil and her family were wolves. She knew it was important, and she knew it was a secret. She also didn't want to bother Quil if he was tired. "What do you do when you patrol anyway?" They had been a bit vague on the vampire parts of the stories, but she knew that they were the reason they were out there. The finer details were unknown to her, and little by little, her curiosity was pushing its way through.
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Quil Ateara
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Post by Quil Ateara on Feb 27, 2009 13:56:27 GMT -5
As Quil felt Claire slumping to slip out of his arms, resigning herself to finish her work, Quil leaned down so that the drop to the ground wouldn't be so great, gently setting her down before she moved to her seat. He gave a soft smile, glad to see she wasn't going to make this too hard for him to attmept to enforce.
"I'm a little tired but not too bad" He told her. He had felt ready to sleep for hours when Embry had come to relieve him but seeing Claire had given him a burst of energy. he wouldnt give up spending time with Claire for anything else. He smiled when she asked what he did on patrol. "Well...we run around a lot" He said knowing that probably didnt make much sense. "We go to the edge of our land and keep watch to make sure that nothing bad's going to happen here and no one's going to come and try to hurt anyone"
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Claire Titan
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Human, Imprintee of Quil Ateara
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Post by Claire Titan on Mar 4, 2009 0:01:32 GMT -5
Claire had picked up her pencil again, but found it hard to concentrate on the page now that Quil was here, but she dutifully traced over the last word she'd written, and dotted a missing i. She looked at Quil again, wondering how tired he was, even though running around like a wolf sounded like fun. In her imagination, she envisioned the chocolatey form that Quil was, running in circles. She wasn't sure what patrolling was like, but it kind of sounded like just running and stuff. Her imagination was encouraged when Quil said just that, but her interest peaked again when he said they were watching out for bad stuff.
When Sam and Quil had told her about vampires, they had made them out to be really bad. Despite her vivid imagination, she couldn't quite imagine how they were like. As of yet, Emily and Rayen had been successful in keeping her away from movies or shows that had vampires in them, worried that they might upset her. The blanks in Claire's limited knowledge teased her curiosity, and she now looked at Quil with more interested in her face. "You mean looking for vampires?" she asked candidly. She had confidence in Quil and everything he did, and it made her believe that everything would be safe as long as he guarded it. Vampires didn't seem much of a threat if Quil was there. "Have you ever seen one before?"
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Quil Ateara
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Post by Quil Ateara on Mar 4, 2009 2:13:09 GMT -5
Quil watched as Claire picked up her pencil again going back to her work. He wondered if he should offer to help now or let her work on her own. He knew she was smart and capable of doing the work, but if she needed help he didn’t want her to be frustrated when he was right here. She looked over one of the lines she had already had written before looking up at him. “Need some help? “ he offered before hearing her thoughts that made him aware that she wasn’t thinking about her work, but about his answers to her her earlier question about his wolf patrols. He wondered if he was telling her too much. Luckily the alpha decree about not telling people about what they were and did didn’t apply to imprintees. They were like part of the pack, the family that they could talk to about everything, no matter what the age.
“Yeah we look for vampires, or anything else even that might be out there that looks dangerous…but we become wolves to hunt the vampires” He told her, knowing they had mentioned this to her before so thinking it was okay to say. He nodded as she asked if he ever saw a vampire. “Yeah…I’ve fought them before, a couple times now…but me and your uncles came out on top, and you don’t have to worry, cause we’ll always keep this place safe”
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Claire Titan
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Human, Imprintee of Quil Ateara
Pity wock Qwil, for me for me!
Posts: 138
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Post by Claire Titan on Mar 9, 2009 23:10:02 GMT -5
Claire listened with interest to every word he spoke. She always listened to what he said, but this particular subject had suddenly become very interesting. A tiny worry line especially reserved for her best friend appeared on her brow. "Fighting?" she asked, surprised that Quil would get into a fight with anyone. "Do you fight a lot?" She couldn't imagine her uncles fighting anyone, but it was starting to dawn on her that perhaps the vampires were actually as dangerous as they had been trying to tell her. "What do you fight about?"
She was reassured by his words. He said that they were safe, and she believed it without doubt. Her little head dipped and her eyes skimmed her work, not finding any more mistakes. "I think I'm done," she said proudly. "Wanna check it?"
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Quil Ateara
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Post by Quil Ateara on Mar 11, 2009 14:03:01 GMT -5
Quil shifted a little where he sat as she asked him more about the fighting. It was a part of what he was as a wolf, a born fighter/protector, yet he didn’t like talking about his violent side with Claire. He was afraid of scaring her if she thought that he fought a lot. He never wanted her to be afraid, but he did want her to know that he could keep her safe, that she didn’t have to worry. “We fight sometimes…when the vampires come too close to our land…or when they’ve attacked people over in Forks…we’ve had to go after them, to keep the rest of our people safe…they’re dangerous and we protect LaPush from them “ He tried explaining it to her.
He smield at her as Claire told him she was done with her work and asked if he wanted to check. “Sure!” he agreed with a smile, taking the paper from her. He looked down at the paper reading it over, impressed by all of her work. After a few moments he looked back up. “It looks good to me! ”
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Claire Titan
Dazzled
Human, Imprintee of Quil Ateara
Pity wock Qwil, for me for me!
Posts: 138
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Post by Claire Titan on Mar 25, 2009 1:22:28 GMT -5
Claire smiled knowingly and took the paper back from Quil. She knew she had finished and had everything right, but there was a certain satisfaction she felt when Quil complimented her. She was sure everything was fine, but she wanted him to see it just like he always did. She shoved her pages of work back into a worn green folder, uninterested in the wrinkles she was making and now happily concentrated on Quil.
Pondering what Quil was telling her about the vampires, her head tilted in interest. She wasn't sure what to make of what he was telling her. It worried her that there was fighting, but Quil always made it seem like it was ok. "Do you ever have to fight Dr. Cullen?" she asked candidly. In a previous conversation, she had been told that the Cullens they knew were vampires. It had confused her because they sometimes said things that didn't add up, though she wasn't sure what they meant by it.
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