Chapter 2 - More Headaches & Avoidance
The next few weeks, Alexandria noticed Paul had been missing from school. She honestly didn't know Paul that well, she'd only known him because he was friends with Embry, Collin (Alyssa's little brother), Brad, Jake, Alyssa, Leah and Seth and of course Kim and Jared who basically hung out at Sam and Emily Uley's all the time.
All the guys no matter what age all the guys were 6 feet or taller and because they were all Quileute they had the dark russet skin jet black hair, and oh so well defined muscle tone. Paul, Jake, Jared, Embry, Leah, Alyssa, Kim, Alexandria were 17, Seth, Collin, Brady were 16. Emily and Sam were in their late twenties, maybe early thirties. They were kind of like mom and dad to all of them.
Alexandria was only half Quileute. Her father was a paleface and had died when she was 7, which was why her mother had moved back to La Push. So she'd basically grown up with all of them.
Alexandria looked at herself in the mirror; her jeans were fitted and hugged her hips. Paul. Her black plain t-shirt was form fitted. Paul. The scarf hanging around her neck was black and white stripped. Paul. Her long jet black hair that used to be shoulder length had grown out fast and was not to the bottom of her ribcage. PAUL! Why the hell hadn't she been able to stop thinking about Paul for Christ sake? Alex felt like she was completely losing her mind.
Ever since the day Jake elbowed her in the face and her eyes locked with Paul's. Alex parked her Ford Focus as she got out and set the alarm, slinging her pack back over her shoulder, she slowly walked up to the school. Her eyes were diverted to the ground. Somehow she wasn't sure why but she felt hurt that she hadn't seen Paul. Like he was specifically avoiding her, and she got the hint when she got to her first period and Paul was sitting in the back of the room, which normally he sat behind her. Normally Paul would talk with her or bug her, just make small conversation.
Lunch period wasn't any better. She sat in the corner and she could feel eyes on her. She had her MP3 player on with ear buds pushed in her ears, trying to pretend she didn't feel all their eyes on her. Something was going on; she just couldn't put her finger on it. Somehow she felt like she had the plague. It had been a couple of weeks and she was still feeling the effects of the concussion. If she moved to quickly she felt dizzy. The doctor said it was normal and with as hard as she'd been hit both from the front and back she'd feel it for up to three weeks.
Seth finally left the group and walked over to the table Alex had all her books spread out on, Seth frowned, "Alex why are you sitting over here by yourself, you usually sit with us for lunch." Alex shrugged, "Just needed to study for mid-terms. I don't want to be in anyone's way." Seth chortled, "You'd never be in anyone's way. Why would you start thinking that now?"
Alex shook her head, "Whatever you say." Alex pushed her books into her back pack as she stood up from the table and started to leave, Seth grabbed her hand, "Hey what's wrong?" Alex pulled her hand away, "N-Nothing." She turned and walked out of the cafeteria.
Seth frowned at the group who had been watching their every move. Seth made a face as he jogged out of the cafeteria after Alex, he slowly watched her, as she pressed her hand to the wall as she leaned against it. Her head was hurting badly. It looked as though the wall was trying to hold her up. Seth walked over and cut her off standing in front of her, "Clearly it's not anything…What's going on Alex?"
Alex closed her eyes as silent tears slid down her cheeks, "Nothing, my head just hurts is all." Seth looked at her, she looked like she was in physical pain and he was sure the headache wasn't helping any…Of course neither was Paul. He'd been avoiding her for two weeks straight after he'd imprinted on her. Seth was getting pissed off at Paul for being a jerk about everything.
Seth carefully pulled her close to him as he tossed her backpack over his shoulder and lifted her into his arms as though she weighted nothing. Seth looked down at her, "I'm going to take you home. I don't think it will kill you to miss a half a day Alex. I'll call your mom when we get to your house." He watched as she nodded weakly.
Neither of them noticed the scowling brown eyes watching as Seth carried Alex to her car and then drove her home.
Seth carried her inside and called his mom and let her know he was going to stay with Alex until her mom got off work, then called Alex's mom. Both mothers called the school to let them know Alex and Seth left early for illness reasons. Seth sat on Alex's bed and watched as she slowly leaned over and put her head in his lap, as he touched her head softly trying to gently rub the headache away. He watched as she slowly fell asleep. He wished he could take all her pain away but knew it was impossible.
Once Alex's mom got to the house, Seth kissed the top of Alex's forehead and promised he'd see her the following day at school. He walked out of the house and into the tree line as he phased into a sandy colored wolf. All of a sudden he got railroaded from the side by a grey ball of fur.
