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"Ah, shit." Ah, shit. Ah fucking shit. This cannot be happening. No, I was content with having no damn, imprint. No. she's not my imprint. She just- Who am I kidding, she is. And she is now looking at me like I am going to kill her. That's not good.
She then quietly cleared her throat. "Um, do you need help with that?" Her quiet voice asked as she pointed at the door with the spoon in her hand.
"No." I snapped shooting her a glare, but instantly regretted it when her eyes widened with shock. Then it quickly turned to a glare.
"Fine. Goodbye." She snapped right back turning her attention right back to her bowl. What the hell? Fuck this shit. I don't need a damn imprint.
I didn't say anything but did as she said and walked out the door slamming it behind me. I made sure no one was up or driving by before running into the woods across from their house and phasing, not caring if I ruined my good pair of jeans.
'Sam, I've got a problem.' I told him as I ran through the woods, but all I could see were her damn blue eyes.
When the door slammed close I looked up and watched the tall man walk down the porch from the door window and continued to until he disappeared into the woods. Asshole.
I let it go and continued eating my melted ice cream until Karly came down. She smiled at me and went over to the fridge pulling out a can of Coke. I narrowed my eyes at her back and walked over to the sink letting the water rinse my bowl out.
She took the seat that I was sitting in so I leaned against the counter. "Nice choice." I commented about the guy rolling my eyes.
Karly only let out a laugh. "He was. I might look past my 'no guy more than once', rule for him."
"Gross Karly, I don't want to know this. Besides, he was kind of weird." I said looking back over to the door where he had left previously.
"You met him?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I wouldn't exactly say met." I answered back and she gave me a confused look. "He couldn't get the door open." She laughed and I let out a chuckle as well. "I'm pretty sure he could have just ripped the door from the hinges if he wanted to though. He take steroids?"
Karly laughed harder. "Not that I know of. Yeah, he was actually pretty nice. What I know of though. Really into his whole tribal thing in La Push, you know."
I nodded even though I really didn't, and I was pretty sure he was not that nice, the few words he said being my reasoning. And I didn't know what the whole tribal thing was like down in La Push because I don't have any friends from there. Doesn't matter anyway.
"Alright Karly. I'm going to go to bed. I'm going to be with Chris tomorrow. So, yeah, I'll be with him tomorrow night. You work tomorrow right?" Pushing myself off the counter I slowly started making my way towards the stairs as I waited for her answer.
"Yeah. I've got a double. So I'll be gone the whole day. I'll probably just stay with Monica though, so I won't be back." I nodded and went over to her to give her a hug. "Sleep well, babe."
With a yawn I pulled away and went to my room. I quickly changed into some sweats and a tank top before crawling into bed, falling asleep almost instantly.
"No, not that shirt." I growled as I put the shirt back in my closet.
"Why don't you get off your ass and pick one then." I snapped at Chris who was sprawled across my bed watching me with a grin. Turns out he showed up a little earlier than seven, a little being two hours earlier. He claims I wouldn't get the right look.
"Why, that's a swell idea." He said jumping from the bed and walking over to my closet.
I rolled my eyes at the man whore before going to my bed and taking the spot he had vacated. "I don't see what's wrong with me just wearing some sweats and a tee shirt. It's going to be cold Chris." I whined to the man shifting through all my clothes.
"Ah ha." He pulled a shirt from the closet before tossing it at me. "And with-", he paused and shifted through the other half where my jeans were hanging, "these jeans." He grabbed them and walked over to me. "Now go change."
Rolling my eyes I did as he said. After changing my outfit was a cute flowing, light blue shirt which brought out my eyes with a pair of blue/gray skinny jeans. When I came into my room again he grinned and handed me a pair of flats.
"You look sexy babe." He said with a grin causing me to roll my eyes and shove him.
"Whatever. Let's go before I change my mind."
His laugh followed me as I walked out of my room and down the stairs to the front door. I stopped to leave a little message to Karly just in case she did come home and forgot. She probably wouldn't though. Her job is at a bar in Port Angeles, and when she says "double" she means from opening 'til closing.
In the car he couldn't shut up about how excited he was that I was finally going to meet Quil. If I didn't know any better I'd say he had a secret lover.
"So, is there something you're not telling me about you and Quil?" I asked him with a raised eyebrow.
He took his eyes off the road for a moment to give me a confused look. "Huh?" I just gave him a knowing look before it clicked. "Oh god no Haley! Gross! Ugh. You just, ugh!"
I was now uncontrollably laughing and Chris had a sour look on his face. "Sorry, just had to be said." He still wasn't letting up. "Love you." I whispered.
The sour look dropped and he picked up a smile. "Love you too."
Upon arriving or even before you could see the gigantic fire blazing from the road. I stared in awe as we pulled up. "Pretty awesome, right?"
I nodded my head not being able to speak. When the car was parked I jumped out and met Chris in front where he put his arm around my shoulders.
Finally tearing my eyes away from the fire I checked out the other things surrounding me. There was the ocean, and tons of people. It was just like a big party. "Come on, there's Quil." He said pointing up ahead but I didn't quite catch who he was pointing at.
However I found out very soon. "Chris!" A deep voice called out before I saw a dark skinned, tall, and muscled man jogging toward us. He was very similar to the one that my sister had last night.
"Hey man." Chris said as they did their little man hug thing. When they let go he turned to me with a hand on my back. "This is Haley. The best friend, and also the one who keeps me in line. Kind of." He told the man with a grin.
Quil looked me over with a smile before holding out his hand. "I'm Quil."
"Hi." I gave him a small smile as well feeling intimidated by his size. "Chris never shuts up about you, kind of had me worried." I told him with a grin.
"Shut up." Chris ordered with a glare but I just laughed. "Whatever. Where's everyone else?"
Quil was looking at us with a smirk after our exchange of words. "Oh yeah, they're all down on the beach." He said waving a hand behind his back in the general direction before shooting me a grin. "Let's go introduce little Haley to them, they'll love her."
I felt myself become a little sketchy about the whole thing, but I didn't have much time to think because they both were already on their way down to the beach talking away, leaving me behind. Jerks. I shook my head to myself and followed behind.
When we reached the group Quil pulled me in front of him so I was facing the group. "Guys, this is Haley, she's a friend of Chris', so be nice." They all chuckled at that. "Yeah, um, I guess just introduce yourselves."
The first was a little bit smaller guy, not small in tallness, but in muscle. "Hi, I'm Embry. And can I just say, you look gorgeous." He shot me a wink.
My face was heating up and another guy pushed him out of the way. "Ignore him. I'm Jacob, you can call me Jake." He had a large smile and was even more muscular than Quil.
"Hi Jake." I said quietly and he shot me a large grin.
"And I'm Jared." Another man stepped forward, again looking like the others.
"It's nice to meet you all." I told the small group.
"You haven't met us all." Jared said as he clapped a hand on another tall, russet skinned man who was talking to a girl. And from the looks of it, hitting on her, if her giggles were anything to go from.
"Oh, no it's-"
I stopped myself when I saw who it was that turned around. "You've got to be fucking kidding me." The guy snapped as soon as he saw me and he turned to the other guys. "Who brought her here?" He asked pissed off.
My eyes widened and the guys' had confused looks on their faces before they all seemed to realize what was going on. However Chris and I still were out of the loop. "She came with Chris, man." Jared told him trying to calm him down.
His eyes quickly swept over everyone before landing on me. Then he looked back at Jared who was giving him a pointed look. "I'm Paul." He grunted before looking back to Jared with a glare. What the hell? I didn't do anything to him.
"Hi." I said briefly before going back to the rest. "So you got any marshmallows or something?" I asked them all.
Jacob let out a deep laugh before walking over to me and wrapping his arm around my shoulders. "Yes, yes we do. And if you can actually eat more than two, you're my new girl."
I laughed as well. "Two? Shit I'll eat twenty!" Okay, maybe not twenty but more like, ten.
We walked over to a table that I hadn't noticed before. On the table was about six empty hot dog packages and a few that still had some in, and then there were four bags of marshmallows. Jake grabbed a bag and a stick leaning against the table before we went back over to the fire where we took a seat on a log.
He put a marshmallow on. "I make the best damn marshmallows ever. You'll love it." He told me when I gave him a confused look.
"If you say so." Grinning I settled myself into the seat as he leaned closer to the blazing fire. Looking around I saw Quil, Embry, and Chris all standing where we had left them and they were talking. And continuing I saw a bunch of random people that I haven't met up and down the beach partying, and then there was Jared and Paul.
They were off to the side, close to the woods, and Jared looked to be trying to reason with Paul, who was looking extremely pissed off. Every now and then Jared would wave a hand over in our direction as he talked. Then Paul would say something back with his face contorted in anger.
"What are they arguing about?" I asked pointing over in their direction.
Jacob looked up from cooking my marshmallow to where they were standing at the edge of the forest. "Eh, don't worry about it. Paul's a hot head anyway." He pulled the marshmallow away from the fire and took it off the stick. He blew on it before handing it to me. "Here. Nice and golden."
I smiled to him and took the marshmallow. "So Jacob. You in school?"
"Yeah, I'm a junior. Going to be seventeen in January." He informed me as he watched me munch on my marshmallow.
I could feel my eyes widen in disbelief. "No way. You're only sixteen?"
A laugh rumbled out of his chest. "Yes. I know. I'm pretty big."
"I'd say so." I paused and looked back to the others. "What about them?"
His gaze shifted from me to look at the rest of the people on the beach. "Well, Quil and Embry go to school with me. But Jared and Paul are twenty-two."
"Ah, okay." I couldn't help myself and let my own gaze shift to Paul and Jared. "So what is his problem with me?"
Jake took in a breath and looked over to where they were standing at the edge of the forest. "It's not that he has a problem with you. It's just, I can't explain it. He will tell you, eventually. Or at least I hope he does for the both of your sakes." He told me with a grin. However it didn't do anything to ease the weird feeling in my stomach.
"Yeah, and if you're not busy later, maybe we could hang out. Or you could come by my place?" I said to the s
exy woman in front of me. Megan.
"I'd like that." Her husky voice said as she leaned forward to put her hand on my arm.
Smirking I let her and continued our conversation. It was about five minutes later when I felt a hand being placed on my arm.
Then there was that quiet, silky voice I had dreamt about. "Oh, no it's-"
I instantly whipped around and came face to face with the young women I had seen the night before. She couldn't be here, I told myself I would be done with her. I didn't want a god damn imprint. "You've got to be fucking kidding me." I turned to the guys, to see who was fucking with me. "Who brought her here?" I could hear myself losing it, they knew how the fuck I felt about this. I ranted to them all last night.
Jared was the only one who faced me. "She came with Chris, man." I could feel my heart start beating and could feel myself becoming more pissed off with this information. I wasn't sure why though. I just felt like hurting the prick.
My eyes swept over the group before I let them land on her. She had dark brown hair, with a red tint, and her eyes were shining, and so blue. I tore my gaze from her and looked to Jared who was giving me a look. I knew what he wanted. Looking back to her I gave her blank look. "I'm Paul." Then I glared at Jared, letting him know I was not amused.
"Hi." She said shortly before going back to the other guys. "So, you got any marshmallows or something?" I don't know what I expected her to say, but that was not it, and I was not happy. My body was beginning to shake and I felt, rejected.
Jake let out a deep rumbling laugh before walking over to her and wrapping his big arm around her shoulders. She smiled up at him. "Yes, yes we do. And if you can actually eat more than two, you're my new girl." I wanted to tear that arm off of him.
But then her laugh distracted me. "Two? Shit, I'll eat twenty!"
He kept his god damn arm around her and started leading her away from us and over to the table piled with food. Jared stepped up next to me and I looked away from the two and glared at him. "This is fucking bull shit."
He had no sympathy and just laughed at me. Can you believe that? Some fucking best friend huh? "You know, it's not so bad if they actually like you back."
"Yeah, well does it look like she fucking likes me man?" I shouted at him.
He shot a look over my shoulder before giving me a pointed look. Then he nodded his head toward the edge of the forest. I nodded and followed him over there. He waited a moment before saying anything. "It doesn't look like you're trying too hard to get her to like you."
"I'm not." I agreed. "Because I don't want her to. I don't want an imprint." Besides, the thought sort of scared me. I see how whipped Sam and Jared are. I don't want that, to be tied down.
Jared gave me a pitying look. "Well, I'm not going to stop you from doing what you're doing. But you're only going to hurt yourself trying to fight this."
I took a deep breath and looked over to the young woman sitting at the fire, whose name I have yet to learn. I can't have her as an imprint, it'll only cause problems that aren't needed. Besides, I'm not a one girl kind of guy. "I just can't man. You know me, I'm not the boyfriend type."
"Look, I'm not trying to convince you." Jared told me giving me a look. "I'm just telling you now, it's going to happen, no matter how hard you fight it."
"Fuck man. That's shit." I told him. There's no way that's happening. "I'll fight it, and I'll win."
I let my gaze drift back over to the fire where her head was thrown back in laughter and Jake was looking at her, with adoration? Fuck that, I could feel my stomach tighten and the need to throttle Jacob was almost over bearing. This is going to be one long fight.
Author's Notes: Thank you to those of you who have taken the time to read this horrible story. I know, it's not the best. But I like writing and enjoy Paul. So please, review, message me, whatever. Let me know what you think. Thanks a bunch. Love-Native23