A/N: Paul is different in this story. He doesn't explode as often. I mean, he's still a werewolf so he has his days… He's just in more control now. Another thing, we're pretending Edward can't read his mind. In order for this story to work, he can't read Paul's thoughts. So pretend with me. :)
Paul POV
Today was my first day as a teacher. August 25th, the first day of the school year. Sam and I had talked it over for a few months and at first he was a bit skeptical about me teaching. He didn't want me to explode in the middle of class. Unfortunately, they weren't looking for any new history teachers at the Quileute high school. A history teacher had just retired from Forks High though, so there was an opening. Sam didn't like the idea of being in the school around a bunch of vampires, but it wasn't his decision. I was just hoping that none of the Cullens would be in my class. History had always been what I wanted to teach. I hadn't been too good at it in high school, but once I got to college it had fascinated me.
College had been a sort of test for me. Sam figured that if I could make it through four years of college without exploding on campus, then I would be able to teach.
Bella Swan went to Forks High. She was one of Jacob's friends. I wasn't exactly close to Jacob, but his dad had told us that he was close to phasing. He was so young. Just turned 16 a few weeks ago. I had made it to 17 before the first time I phased. Sam was worried that it just kept going younger and younger. The Cullens made it difficult for us.
I was going to get to school early today, so I could make a good impression. The principal had liked me though. She was probably about 40 years old though. Cougar. I was 24, though I could probably pass for 30 with my size.
There were only five other cars when I got there at 6:20. School started at 7:10, so I would have a while to finish getting ready for the day. The other two history teachers and I got along pretty well, but we hadn't talked too much outside of school. The female who's name was Elizabeth also showed some interest for me. I just wasn't looking for someone romantically right now. I had seen what Leah went through when Sam imprinted on Emily, and I never wanted to do that to a girl. I was waiting for my imprint, though I would be perfectly happy if I never imprinted.
It reminded me of an arranged marriage. Imprinting seemed like forced love to me. Like you had no choice but to love your imprint. I didn't want myself or whoever I imprinted on to feel like that.
Once I was in my classroom, I hung up a few things and wrote my name on the board. Mr. Thomas. It would take a while to get used to people calling me that.
I was getting more and more nervous as the clock ticked closer to 7:10. And soon, it was time.
Riiiinnngggggg! The old school bell went off shrieking.
Soon, the students were piling in. I saw a familiar face. Bella and Edward walked into the classroom with his arm around her waist.
I was mainly focusing on Edward. His gold eyes and pale skin marked him for what he was, a vampire. Sam had informed us that Bella knew what he was, yet she could still stand to be so close to him. There was a breeze, and I met eyes with Edward. We both crinkled our noses as we couldn't stand the smell and glared at each other.
That's when I looked down at Bella. Suddenly, I felt drawn to her. Like strings were pulling us closer together. She was looking up at Edward, confused. Bella wanted to know why he was glaring at me. He motioned for her to wait a minute.
I knew I had just imprinted on Bella Swan.
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