Chapter 3 (Learning new things)

I awaken to the smell of pancakes and bacon. I get out of bed and head to the bathroom. I brush my hair and take off the band-aid on my head. The cut is still pretty deep, but it isn't bleeding anymore, so I think I will wait to put on a new one later. I walk down the stairs to as usual, see Emily cooking in the kitchen.

"Smells good Em," I tell her as I sit on the counter, eating a banana.

"What do you plan on doing today?" she asks curiously.

"Well, I am planning to go to the beach with Paul today. What about you?"

"Just making food for the boys." she says with a smile. As if right on cue, when Emily is done making the food, the boys come barreling through the door. I laugh as I watch Jacob and Embry wrestle as they come through the entrance. Sam, Quil and Paul follow behind. Jacob sees that I am enjoying watching Embry and him fight, so he picks me up, and throws me over his shoulder, and then throws me on the couch. I am laughing so hard, I just barely hear a growl, but I am pretty sure it didn't come from Sam this time, but it came from Paul. What the hell? Jacob was just playing around and Paul barely even knows me. Neither does Sam, but that is different. Jacob kind of glares back at Paul. They glare at each other for a few more seconds until Sam tells them to knock it off. Sam then glares straight at Paul. Paul then kind of cowers back. Soon after the food is all gone again, me and Paul walk to the beach. As we walk down the beach, Paul inches closer to me almost every few steps. When his hand is only inches from mine, I intertwined my fingers with his. His hand was burning hot, but I didn't mind. He looked up at me and smiled. We were probably walking along shore for a few hours in silence, just enjoying the moment and listening to the waves crash onto the sand, when we reached a log and decided to sit. "This is really nice." I say, finally breaking the silence.

"Anywhere is nice with you." he said in a soft, husky voice. My cheeks started to turn a bright red as I blushed. He leaned in, and kissed me softly, then almost passionately, like he has been waiting to kiss since the day we met. I broke the kiss softly and he furrowed his brow. "What's wrong?" he asked confused. "Did I do something?"
"No no no, you're fine, you are amazing." I said reassuringly. "It's just, we met yesterday. Don't you think we are rushing into being together a little too fast?" I ask cautiously. He thinks about what I said, soaking it in. Then, his body starts to quiver and shake. "Hey,Paul?" I ask getting from the log and taking a step back. "Are you ok?" I ask, fear obvious in my tone. He looks at me confused. Does he not realize his body is quivering. Paul was starting to scare me. I back away a few more steps.
"Rebekah, I need you to get back to Emily's house. NOW." he said urgently. I hesitate. Not knowing if I should stay, or if I should get the hell away from Paul. That's when it happened. Paul wasn't there anymore, and in his place stood a giant grey wolf. I fell to the ground, terrified. "Paul, w-what the hell?" I ask, scared like hell. The wolf, or, Paul was growling at me. He looked like he was about to come towards me, but then someone jumped in front of me, guarding me from Paul as a wolf. Sam.

"Paul, get the hell out here." he says angrily. Before Paul runs off into the forest, his eyes turn from stone and hatred, to sympathy, or like he was scared that he is now a wolf and did that in front of me. He let out a small whine and then bolted into the forest. I jumped a little from where I was sitting on the ground when he just spun and ran off. Sam knelt down next to me. "Are you alright?" he asked concerned. "Your head is bleeding again, come on, lets take you home." He helps me up, and as I was walking, I felt a little dizzy. I almost fell, but Sam caught me. He picked me up, and carried me back to Emily's house. Once we reached Emily's house, the blood on my temple was dripping down my face and I was really tired. "Oh my gosh! Rebekah!" she screamed, looking a little scared. Sam set me down on the couch.

"Rebekah, what happened?" he asked a furrow in his brow. Emily went to go it a towel, so I thought it was safe to tell him, just in case Emily didn't know.

"We walked down the beach, and ended up sitting on a log. We talked, and then he kissed me. I broke it off telling him maybe it wasn't such a good idea to kiss, not yet. And then he started to quiver,and shake, and then he turned into a werewolf." I said, thinking it sounded even more crazy when I said what happened out loud. "Are you a werewolf too? And everyone else who comes here? I asked curious. He nodded his head.

"He didn't make your head start bleeding though, did he?" he asked concerned.

"No! No, I wouldn't believe he would hurt me. I was just so scared, I jumped back and fell." I stated, pleading he wouldn't get upset with Paul.

"Ok, as long as he didn't hurt you or anything, it is ok." he said with a sigh. Emily walked in, and gave me a towel to get the blood to stop. Just as I thought the blood stopped. Paul walked in.

"Rebekah! I am so sorry, I didn't mean to do that and...and...Oh my gosh, are you bleeding? Did I do that? Oh Rebekah, please forgive me." He said, looking hurt and sick, and pleading I would forgive him. I felt this longing in my chest, not that I just feel sorry for him, but, like I need him.

"Can I talk to you outside?" I ask pleading. Sam kind of gives Paul a warning look, probably not to turn into a wolf and not get angry.

"Sure," he said in a soft voice. We walked outside and onto the porch. I looked into his deep, chocolate brown eyes. I felt sorry.

"I am sorry I made you mad, I shouldn't have done that to you, it's just that I have trust issues, ever since the things that happened with my father." I said, feeling sad and kind of alone. Why? Paul is standing right next to me. And I have Sam and Emily. He looked at me confused, and a little concerned. "I'll tell you another day," I say with a forced smile. He nods his head.

"It's my fault, I shouldn't have gotten mad at you for something stupid, like a kiss." he says shaking his head.

"That kiss wasn't stupid," I say with reassurance. He lifts his head and his eyes light up a bit. "In fact, I thought it was kind of nice, until I was stupid, and broke it off, thinking I can't trust you to well. At least not yet." I said, lowering my head. He takes my chin, and lifts it with his fingers.

"You're not stupid." he says comforting me. "You are amazing." After he said that I smiled. He smiled too. I stood on my tippy toes and kissed him. We kissed for a long time until he broke off the kiss. We looked at eachother for a few moments in silence. I smiled. "Who broke the kiss off now?" I said with a giggle. He sighs, smiling too. "So, you're a werewolf." I state, watching his reaction to the subject. His smile turns into a frown. "Why didn't you tell me?" I ask curiously.

"Because Sam told me not to, for your safety. He said you have been through alot. I also didn't want to tell you because we just met. I didn't want you to run away from me, scared." he said with sadness in his eyes.

"Why did you choose me?" I ask, not really knowing why. "I mean, I did just come here a few days ago, with a gash on my temple, which is still there." I say with a small smile. He takes a breath and then stops.

"How about I tell you my story, after you tell me yours. How about we meet here, and go on the beach and just kind of, start over. I will tell you all about me being a wolf, and you tell me all about you, before you came to live with Emily. Deal?" he says, staring at me with his dark brown chocolate eyes.

"Deal," I say with a smile. I give him a small hug before returning, back into the house, I go upstairs and let everything that Paul and I had just said to each other. I will see him tomorrow, and we will share each others life stories. He probably won't be too happy when he hears mine.

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