A/N I was going to go straight onto Bella's reaction to finding out about the pack however I thought I would do a chapter to find out Paul's reaction to Bella. He may seem a little OOC but he is confused, I can promise in the next chapters, we will see the cheeky, flirty and overall gorgeous Paul that we all love J

So please R&R let, me know what you think! I'll have another update soon, starting the next chapter in the next day or so.

PPOV

Buzzzzz…

I groan and hit the alarm clock on the side of my bed and groan. Rubbing my eyes I grudgingly get myself out of bed, today was supposed to be my day off but I agreed to do something with the pack.

Blindly staggering to the bathroom I throw my body into the shower, the cold spray rapidly waking me up. I sigh and lean my head against the tiles, my thoughts being taken up by her….ever since I saw her, she has been plaguing my every waking thought, her face is the last thing I see when I go to sleep and the first thing when I wake up, It is getting harder to function each day without her in my life, even my work is being affected, I need to find a way to talk to her, try and bring her into my life, then maybe I will get some peace, it was just trying to find the right time.

I pound my hand into the tiles in frustration, feeling a crumble under my fist as I remember seeing her for the first time.

It was three weeks ago, I had finished working a night shift and was getting ready to go to bed when my friends decided to come and waken me up with some news.

I was in a really shitty mood, my shift had been quiet with the occasional arrest of some drunk on the beach, I work for the La Push police department, its tiny but there's hardly any trouble here and I actually quite enjoy it, well normally enjoy it. However my mood lifted instantly the moment I saw Sam who was very excited, an emotion you never see from him. He turned to me grinning "The Leeches have left for definite Paul."

We had heard gossip that they had taken off a couple of weeks ago but we hadn't known for sure, my face broke into a massive grin as Embry and Jared bumped fists and Sam patted my shoulder. We sat in silence for a few minutes relishing the absence of the vampires when I spoke up "What about Jacob and Quil, will they still phase then?"

Sam looked solemn for a moment before answering "Yeah that red haired leech is still lurking around, we have to celebrate the Cullen's leaving, do you fancy going down to the beach, Emily says she will cook for us all tonight as well."

I jumped to my feet and headed to the door "Lets go" I led the way to my car, normally we would have phased into wolf form and ran but I was way too tired for that today.

When we got to the beach, we strolled casually across the sand when the most arousing scent hit my nose, a mixture of strawberry and coconut, I sniffed trying to see where it was coming from, I wanted to bury my head in the aroma, it was beautiful. I turned to the pack "Do you guys smell that?"

They looked at me strangely as they sniffed the air, Embry shook his head "Nope dude, what can you smell?"

The scent was so strong to me, how could they not smell it? "It's like strawberries and coconut, I swear it's strong as fuck to me guys"

They all sniffed again, they still couldn't smell it when Jared spotted Jacob Black sitting at the edge of the water next to a female who was resting into his side, we wandered over to them as Sam called out "Hey Jacob."

Jacob quickly got to his feet helping the girl up, I noticed him tensing up as he looked at us but suddenly as I looked at his friend everything around me ceased to exist, it was only the two of us as she stared back at me, I looked into her eyes as though I could read her soul, I saw pain and sadness reflected in them, those chocolate brown orbs that I could happily spend the rest of my life looking into. I felt as though there was a chain around both our waists connecting us, pulling us to each other, a chain that was for eternity. What the hell was up with me? I didn't even know her and I was already thinking about spending my life with her. She kept watching me as her brown curly hair fell in her face and she bit her bottom lip, at that moment I wanted to press my lips to hers…who was she? I had to find out.

"So who's your friend Jacob?" I asked flashing a smile at her.

Jacob answered me looking at the ground; we must really intimidate this kid, if only he knew we were trying to help him out. "This is Bella Swan, Paul"

Bella…such a stunning name for an extraordinary women, she smiled shyly at me which I returned confidently, her surname stuck in my mind, Swan…I had never seen her around La Push so I assumed she was from Forks, I wonder if she was related to the chief there, I had worked with him a few times, great guy. The more I thought about it, she must be related to him as I knew Billy and the Chief were pretty tight.

I stood transfixed by her beauty, I wanted to know her, laugh with her, hold her in my arms, make her scream my name in pleasure, we smiled at one another until Sam blew my world apart "Swan? You're the Cullen girl aren't you?"

Oh god please say no….it couldn't be her, the human that had fallen in love with one of them. I felt myself frowning as she nodded, her eyes filling with tears at the mention of the Cullen's, she seemed broken, her spirit vanishing in front of me. What had those leeches done to this magnificent women? I was ready to move forward to bring her into my embrace when Jacob wrapped his arms around her waist and led her away.

I turned to my friends when Jared spoke "So that's the vampire girl."

I growled at him "Never call her that Jared" I was confused why the hell was I sticking up for her, I had no idea what she was like yet I would never hear a bad word said against her.

Then it hit me….fuck I had imprinted, me Paul, the one you could rely on for being a hard ass, the one with the sarcastic cutting remarks, I wasn't supposed to imprint….

It hadn't been until a few days later when I confessed to Sam about my feelings and he told me that I had imprinted on her, I tried to deny it at first, she was a lover of our enemy, it couldn't be possible but who I was kidding….I was in deep and I wanted her to be mine, from the moment Jacob had taken her away I felt a pain, a sense of loss, I needed to see her.

Sam had confirmed that Bella was Chief Swan's daughter to me after our chat, in that instant I made a decision to go see her, even from a distance. On patrol, I phased into my wolf form and made my way to her house, I waited at the edge of the woods, just watching the house when I saw her from a window, just looking out at the darkness. I could see the tears rolling down her cheeks from here.

I wanted to phase into my human form and go to her, wipe the tears away and promise nothing in this world would ever make her feel that sad again.

I heard her murmuring to herself and focused on the words, my heart breaking as she spoke "why did they leave me? I'm alone in this world; no-one cares apart from Jake. Edward…why did you do this to me? You have made me a shell, I hate you so much" I wanted nothing more than to track down the leech and rip him to shreds, how could anyone make such a wonderful person feel unwanted. My attention was pulled back to her words suddenly when I heard my name "Paul…I wonder, will I see him again? Not that he would notice me" Who was she kidding, me not notice her? Not possible, she was the light in the dark of my life, though I didn't know anything about her. She was the one person who could bring a smile to my face just by thinking of her name.

I spent the next few weeks just sitting outside her house, listening to her cries of pain when she thought of the Cullen's and then her joy of being friends with Jacob, every time I heard his name, a ripple of jealousy ran through me, he made her happy, brought her back to life when I wanted to.

Then it all changed…

I quickly got changed and headed downstairs to find the pack seated at my kitchen table already eating, my eyes automatically fell on Jacob who was sitting silently staring at his bowl, he was in pain, we all knew it but we couldn't help him. He took his transformation badly, blaming us all for making him a wolf until Sam explained about the leeches and their part in the way we are. It was then Jacob asked about Bella, did she know about the Cullen's.

I got a call when I was on shift about Jacob phasing, I managed to get away to give support to my pack, he was so confused when he phased, Sam finally managed to convince him to turn back to his human form.

The moment he did, he went straight to Sam and grabbed him by the throat "What the fuck did you do to me you bastard?"

Sam struggled to speak when I wrapped my fingers around his wrist and spoke quietly, the threat evident in my tone "It wasn't us Jake, now let him go now or I will make you"

His grip relaxed and he let go off Sam who was rubbing his throat "Well go ahead, explain."

"The reason for your change is simple Jacob, it's the Cullen's. They're vampires, it's caused us all to phase, trust me we were all as confused as you are now. We shift in order to protect humanity from the leeches, it's part of the Quileute legend, you know it" Sam explained softly.

Jacob fell into a chair next to him stunned "The Cullen's? Does Bella know?"

I exchanged a look with Sam and nodded subtly "Yes she does Jake, that's how we knew who she was; she was in love with one of the leeches."

A look of anger crossed his face "She knew and never told me…why? I told her about the legend" A look of understanding shone in his eyes and he whispered "That's why she asked me about the cold ones."

He sat in silence, taking in the information as Sam told him everything about our roles and the leeches, by the end of it he was furious with Bella feeling betrayed that she would be with a leech.

The guys and I ate quickly before heading out, we were going to go into the forest and patrol. Jacob was walking behind us all, his eyes downcast, we had all tried cheering him up, but nothing was working.

He hadn't been the same since Bella had come to see him at his house; he was nearly crippled with guilt with how he treated her.

"You promised you wouldn't leave me or hurt me, you lied!" she whispered as we walked towards the trees, I could see the falter in Jacob's step as though he was going to turn and go back to her, Sam put his hand on Jake's back pushing him to the clearing.

I stood at the edge of the woods watching as Bella got into her truck, her body racked in sobs, it took all my willpower not to race to over there and yank her out of her seat and embrace her.

Gritting my teeth, trying to ignore the pain I turned away and walked to my friends to find Jacob on his knees shaking, tears of sadness rolling down his eyes whispering "I promised her" over and over.

Sam kneeled in front of him "It will be ok Jacob, you just need to stay away just now, in case you phase, it's hard for you to control at the moment but it won't always be like this."

Jacob looked at Sam, anger written across his face "She will never forgive me, can't you see that, I broke her just like that leech" his body began to shake more violently until he phased. We all joined him, our thoughts linking with one another; open for all to see apart from one thing in mine… they didn't know I was going to Bella's night after night, I wasn't sure if they would understand.

Sam maybe but not the rest of them, they all viewed her with suspicion…

I had went to check on her that night before going to patrol. The red haired vampire was upping her attacks, she was searching for something but none of us knew what. The moment I reached the house, I could hear the heart wrenching sobs; it broke my heart in two. I phased in order to ask Sam to meet me and I took him to her house to show him what we had reduced this magnificent women to…an empty broken shell who thought no-one cared about her.

We agreed there and then to seek her out and try and help her, even if it meant Jacob telling her about us, she knew about the Cullen's and never told anyone, I had a feeling she would do the same for us.

We told the pack about the decision, Jacob was happy but still not the same as he had been before, I don't think he will be until he tells her. Sam and I made the decision not to tell them I had imprinted yet, let them get used to her knowing about us first.

As we walked through the woods, the scent of strawberry and coconut hit me, she was here, somewhere close. I smiled and said to Sam "I can smell that Strawberry and coconut smell" his eyes widened in comprehension and he smiled at me.

We walked through the trees laughing and playing around, for the first time since I imprinted, I felt like myself, I had been so stressed trying to make sure Bella was alright that I had lost part of myself. I liked to be carefree, cheeky and flirty, hopefully we may get a chance to tell Bella now, I can show her that side as I get to know her.

We came through to a clearing and my breath caught, in front of us was Bella, her face glowing in the sunlight, the feelings I was having for her, more intensified now we were face to face, that eternal chain there again pulling us to each other, She got to her feet facing us, tears rolling down her cheeks, I wanted nothing more than to kiss them away.

The moment she saw Jacob she threw herself at him, hitting him "You son of a bitch... you promised…you fucking lied" she started screaming, her fists pounding onto his bare flesh.

Sam grabbed her forearms and drew her to him, I growled lowly, jealous at the sight; it should be me holding her. "Calm down Bella!"

She gave him a look of disbelief "Don't fucking tell me what to do" she spat wrenching herself from his grip before rounding on Jacob once more, he stared at the ground letting her get everything out "Why Jake??… Edward broke me, does it make you happy to know that you broke me to" when she mentioned the leech a growl rippled from us all, I noticed however that mine was the loudest, she continued "I hate you Jacob, I hate all of you"

My heart sank, I couldn't face thinking that she hated me, suddenly I felt a ripple of anger surge through my body, one of my biggest faults had always been my short temper, I was the one in the pack who had the biggest issue trying to calm down, the mention of the leech along with the declaration she hated us had sent me over the edge. I saw her open her mouth to say something else when without realizing what I was doing, I put my hand on her shoulder and spat "you need to calm the fuck down Bella"

The next thing I knew she had punched me in the face….she really fucking punched me, it hadn't hurt but shit it pissed me off, I felt my body shake violently, I couldn't stop it, I was going to phase. What a way for her to find out about us.

I saw her make a move towards me, concern written over her face, I held a hand out to stop her, I couldn't have her near me in case I hurt her. "I'm sorry for this but move the fuck away" I looked at her as her face fell with a look of hurt, my heart split knowing that I had hurt her, she looked deep into my eyes as though searching for something, I tried to convey that I was truly sorry. She looked confused at what ever she found reflected in my eyes, I couldn't think about it anymore as I felt the shaking becoming unbearable.

I saw Jacob grab her around the waist pulling her away as she yelled "What's going on?"

I felt my bones begin to phase as Sam yelled "Jake help" I saw him push Bella away, as she hit the ground my body began to vibrate and the pack moved away.

I kept my eyes on Bella mentally telling her how sorry I was, the last thought being how was I going to explain this as I transformed into a wolf right in front of her….shit!