Paul dove out the smoking building, it was on the verge of collapsing and his whole squad had been ordered to move out.

He ran towards the fire engine, pealing of his breathing apparatus and removed his helmet, he turned around as building started to collapse, and it only collapsed half way. Paul looked around; all his men were present and accounted for. Paul walked over toward the station Captain, who was talking to a firefighter from the Forks station; the fire had been so huge that the La Push station had called in reinforcement from the Forks station. The firefighter were nodding and then patted the Captain on the arm. Paul stopped and waited for the conversation to end between the two, before approaching the Captain.

The firefighter had a bulge on the helmet indicating it was a Lieutenant. When the firefighter turned around Paul's whole world stopped, he could see only the woman standing in front of, it was like the whole world stopped spinning and there was only him and her. He could not look away; he kept starring into her green eyes, so when she put on her breathing apparatus and headed for collapsed building, Paul had to stop himself from grabbing her and put her back on the engine.

Paul walked over to the Captain "Sam, who was that?and why the hell is she going back into the building?"

Sam turned and looked at Paul, he recognized the look in Paul's eyes "First of all congrats, man I doubted it would ever happen to you, second of all, that is Lieutenant Nixon, she is the Forks USAR specialist, she also works for FEMA, she is just going to do some recon, so relax"

Embry and Jared walked over to the two men standing by the engine "Man that is one crazy chick, did you see the way she ran into that building, she must be insane" Embry pulled of his helmet and ran his hand thru his hair.

Jared looked at him and nodded "Yeah she crazy alright, I remember her from the academy and she is friends with Kim. She risk her life every time. I heard she almost got killed in Haiti, trying to save a bunch of kids from an collapsed building, her partner had to drag her out" The two young men didn't notice Sam's signaling for them to shut up.

Paul started to shake, to hear Embry and Jared talk about his woman, his imprint, made him angry, but hearing how she was almost killed before he even meet her, that pushed him over the edge.

"Man what is up with you?" Embry asked Paul

"Paul, go you can't phase here, go!" Sam pushed Paul towards the woods, he ran, and when he got in the forest, he phased and let out a heart-breaking howl.

"What's up with him?" Embry asked Sam

"Paul imprinted, and the woman he imprinted on is the crazy ass chick, so shut up" Sam was upset, he was now down a sergeant and the work at the scene of the fire was only half way done.

"You two, you're working double shift" Sam patted Jared shoulder and walked over to the Forks Captain, he found him by the ladder and Sam slapped him on the back "Ryan, so where is your daughter?" Sam asked

"In the building, she radioed in that it was all clear, there is no one in there, she is pulling her team out now," Ryan Nixon told Sam.

Sam nodded and walked back to the La Push men "No one is in there, so let's wrap this party up so we can go home"

…

Lauren patted Captain Uley on the arm, turned, and started to walk away. She grabbed her mask, but before she could put it on, she looked into the eyes of a firefighter standing in front of her, she couldn't help but notice he had chocolate brown eyes and he had short cropped black hair, he was Quileute alright and a handsome one. Lauren felt a pull towards the handsome Quileute, but shrugged it off she had a job to do.

Lauren nodded when she walked past the handsome Quileute "Sergeant" she said and put on her mask and opened for the oxygen flow and motioned for her tech. team to follow her.

Lauren had been called a lot of things and crazy was one of the nicest, she would give her life if it meant saving someone else's. Lauren had been stationed all over the world and she had worked for FEMA for years, she worked her way from USAR tech to specialist and she was damn proud of it, when hurricane Katrina wiped out most New Orleans, she was one of the first ones in.

Lauren searched the building, there was no one in there, just like she figured, she pulled out her team and when she got out she could not help but look around for the Sergeant.

Embry Call and Jared Cameron was smirking "He is not here, he had to leave" Jared laughed

Lauren frowned at them "I don't know what the hell you two steroid freaks are talking about"

"Sure, sure, but don't worry you'll see him again" Embry laughed and slung his axe over his shoulder and walked toward the La Push fire engine

Lauren shrugged what were the two idiots talking abou[DH1] t? She walked over to the engine and stowed away her breathing apparatus and climbed up and sat down, she let out a sigh and closed her eyes and leaned her head back. It had been a long shift and she could not wait to get home, well to the station, her shift did not end until the next morning.

When the forks Firefighters returned to their station they pulled in their truck and climbed out, all of them were tire and ready for chow and a goodnights sleep. Unfortunately, they had to clean the equipment and make sure it was ready for the next alarm.

Lauren climbed in to bed three hours later, the shift cook had been on her team, so he had not started dinner until after the whole shift had showered. After dinner Lauren talked with her dad for a while, she fell asleep in the chair in his office and her Dad ordered her to get some sleep.

Lauren woke up to an empty room the next morning, she got up and went down to the kitchen and grabbed breakfast. The next shift showed up and she briefed them about the night and left.

Lauren got in her Chevy Silverado and drove towards her small apartment in Forks, it was tiny, but she loved it and she was not there that much. If she wasn't somewhere with FEMA, she was at the station or at her friend Kim's house. Kim was married to one of the steroid freaks from the La Push station and Lauren had made it appoint to stay clear of Jared and his friends and it was easy, seemed like Jared and his friends worked a different shift. Lauren decided to go for a run on first beach, she made it a point to stay in shape, she could not afford to let herself go, because then she could not climb in to the narrow places under collapsed or bombed out buildings.

An hour later Lauren parked her truck at First Beach. She jumped out and stretched for a little while, she ran towards the cliffs, it was a 5 mile run, half a mile before she reached the cliffs, she noticed a man, he was looking over the ocean, he had his hands in his pockets which was the only piece of cloths he was wearing.

The man turned and Lauren could see it was the man from yesterday, Lauren stopped and looked at the man, she could feel her heart beating and her face was red and she could feel her cheeks burn "Sergeant"

"Lieutenant" the man nodded

"Lauren Nixon" Lauren said and waited for the man to tell her his name

"Paul Lahote" he said

"Well sergeant Lahote, I am just going to…go" Lauren didn't really want to leave Paul, for some reason she just wanted to be near him and listen to him talk with his rough voice

Paul turned away from her and Lauren started to run again, she could not help but feel a little disappointed, but then again it would not be the first time she thought a man might be interested in her, just to be disappointed.

….

Paul looked after Laurens retreating form, he had come to the beach to try to clear his head, he could not believe he had imprinted on Lauren Nixon of all people. Paul did not want to imprint, he had figured it would not happen, almost every single one of the pack had imprinted except Paul and Jacob, and the two bachelors had figured it would not happen to them and they had acquired a rep as quite the ladies men. Jacob had not been at the fire yesterday, he had been on patrol and Paul hoped Jake would not give him too hard of a time when he found out.

Paul decided he would ignore the imprint, they all said it could not be done, but he knew he could do it. It was not as if he would see her every day or anything, it was not as if they had any friends in common. Paul decided to visit Jared and Kim, it was lunchtime and Kim was bound to have something cooking. Paul ran into the forest and phased, he phased back to human form just before he reached Jared's back yard, he walked around to the front door, he noticed there was a Chevy truck parked in the driveway and for a brief second he wondered who was there.

Paul opened the door and walked in "Oh Lucy I am home" he called out, he stopped in his track when he noticed Lauren standing in the living room, she was on her phone gesturing and talking to someone about a time table and flight schedule.

Paul walked over to Jared "What's going on?"

"There has been an earthquake in Peru and FEMA is dispatching a team to help finding survivors, Paul I am sorry she is leaving in an hour"

Paul felt like someone just ripped out his heart and he started to shake, she was going to put herself in danger again, and would not be there to protect her.

Lauren turned around and there was Paul he was shaking and he looked at her with pleading eye, it seemed like he did not want her to leave, as he actually cared, but then she remembered the way he acted on the beach and she sighed and looked away.

"Kim, I am leaving" Lauren came out of the kitchen and hugged her friend

"Ok be careful and don't do anything reckless" Kim shoved Lauren towards the door and Paul

Lauren started to walk around Paul but he stopped her "Please, don't go, please stay"

Lauren looked in to his eyes and when she saw the pure raw emotion in them she felt the tears fill her eyes, Lauren kissed Paul and before she could pull back, he pulled her to his chest and deepened the kiss, kissing like her, it was the last time he would see her.

Lauren pulled back and pushed Paul's arms of her "Goodbye Paul"

Lauren walked out of the door and ran to her truck, when she got in she cried , she didn't really understand why, it wasn't like she was dating Paul, but for some reason it felt like she just left a part of herself in a house in La Push.

An hour later Lauren was on a plane heading towards Peru, her usual partner Josh was sitting next to her, looking at a picture of his wife and daughter.

Lauren patted his arm "it's going to be ok, it's going to be ok"

Lauren landed in Peru with her team, she exited the Hercules and grabbed her paper work, and the equipment was loaded on trucks and into the jeep. They had made great time they were at the scene in less than twelve hour and they should have all the equipment they would need for the next seventy-two hours

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Paul slumped down on Jared and Kim's couch and he looked at his friend "I am so fucked" Paul said.

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