You guys continue to blow me away! Everyone seemed to love the talk of spanking… you naughty things, you! Okay, you know I own nothing to do with Twilight… except the movies… and the books… and all my dirty thoughts. Okay, enough of my chatter, on with the show!

Chapter 4

BPOV

"Baby, marking is when a wolf bites their mate. It's like a permanent love bite, if you will." Paul answered before Sam got a chance.

"PERMANENT? You put a permanent mark on me without my permission? Are you fucking high?" What was it with these supernatural beings and their inability to allow me to make decisions regarding MY life?

"I told you that you belong to me. An imprint has never denied their wolf," he shrugged, "I'm just speeding up the process."

If I didn't know how bad it hurt to hit a wolf I would have punched him in that beautiful mouth.

"Who do you think you are making that kind of decision for her, DOG? She has a choice!" Edward yelled from where he was still being restrained.

Paul growled and set me down, shaking and ready to phase.

"No, Paul, I've got this! But this conversation is not over." He nodded but the shaking did not ease up.

"Edward, what alternate universe do you live in? You are the pot calling the kettle black! You told me that you lied when you left and that you only left and took YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY for my own good! So I think you can keep your damn mouth shut about people making decisions for me! God, you are all driving me insane!"

"Baby Bells, when did you grow claws?" Emmett asked seemingly amused.

"When you all left me to the wolves," I retorted. When I realized what I said, I burst into a fit of laughter. In fact they really had left me to the wolves. My laughter ended with a snort before my gaze settled on Paul.

"Can someone PLEASE give him some clothes?" I averted my eyes and Paul simply walked up and wrapped his arms around me again.

"Paul," Sam was once again chocking back a smile and I scowled at him. Where in the hell was the freaking Alpha?

"Fine! I'll be back, baby." He was seriously acting like I wasn't pissed as hell at him for that marking shit. "Keep that leech away from her." He scowled in Edward's direction before kissing my cheek and running into the woods.

"Bella, love, I didn't mean to be hypocritical. Just the thought of him believing that you belong to him makes me crazy. I know that I have hurt you, but we belong together." Emmett and Jasper had let him go and he was standing in front of me with pleading eyes.

"Can I go home now?" The exhaustion, physical and emotional, hit me like a Mack truck.

"Sure, Bells, come on and I'll drive you." Jake's voice was soft. He always knew what I needed. I was never more thankful for him than in that moment.

"Do you really think it's wise for Bella to be on her own? Your pack can't protect her anymore. Her home is on our territory." Edward smirked.

"Stupid fucking treaty," Jake muttered. "Bells, Paul is going to freak if they won't let him protect you. How about you come to the rez? Charlie has been working overtime, fortunately and he thinks you were staying with us anyway so you wouldn't be alone. I couldn't very well tell him you ran away to escape an imprint and a psycho vampire."

"Thanks, Jake." I really wished I could be in my own room in my own bed, but if I stayed with Jake I could avoid Edward and the rest of the Cullens.

"Or Bella could stay with us? We have missed you so much." Esme spoke, her eyes pleading with me.

Everyone was looking at me expectantly, but it really just felt like they were asking me to choose sides. I was definitely too tired to deal with that shit.

"I really don't think Charlie would be okay with me being with you all, Esme. Things were… difficult after you all left and you all aren't Charlie's favorite people. I'm sorry."

"No, dear, we're sorry. We never should have left!" I knew Esme would be crying if she could so in an effort to comfort her I walked over and wrapped my arms around her. After a few moments I walked over to Jake and nodded that I was ready to go. He grabbed my bag our of Edme's car, leaving the bag of money, and climbed in the driver seat of my truck.

"Bella?" My name was a plea on Edward's lips. I shook my head no and got into my truck with a final wave at the Cullens.

"It's good to have you back, Bells!" Billy called as soon as we walked in the door. I bent down to place a kiss in his cheek.

"Hey, Billy." I fell on the couch, breathing in the comforting scent of the Black home. I must have passed out without another word, because I felt strong arms carrying me to Rachel's room and laying me down on her bed before crawling in behind me.

"I'm so glad you're home, baby." Paul. I sighed, but was too tired to yell at him so I simply enjoyed the feel of his arms and quickly fell back into dreamland. I would deal with him when I was coherent.

I woke, covered in sweat, feeling like I was being suffocated. Paul lay with his body caged around mine, protecting me even in his sleep. When he looked like this it was hard to be mad at him. He really was beautiful in a rugged sort of way. A loud snort then a snore came from his mouth and I held back a chuckle. Needing to pee and feeling rather hungry I tried to escape his grasp but the more I move the tighter he held on.

"Paul" nothing. "Paul," a little louder. Nothing. I decided to try a different tact. "Baby?" I asked and kissed his cheek. Hey, I really had to go!

"Mmmm, now that's a wake up call, but I'm not ready yet. Let's stay in bed all day, and maybe make out a little." He nuzzled his face into my hair.

"Paul, I reeeeeeally need to pee!" I whined to which he barked out a laugh.

"Kiss me," was his answer to that.

"Um, I'm going to pee the bed!"

"So, kiss me and I'll let you up." He smirked, the prick.

"I think I'd rather pee the bed," I huffed.

"Aww, you didn't seem to mind much yesterday. In fact," he ran his nose along the length of my neck, "you seemed like you were enjoying yourself. So, just give me one little kiss and I'll let you go about your business."

"Fine!" I leaned over and kissed his cheek, but he wasn't having it and quickly turned his head before wasting no time in licking my lips with his tongue."

I was apparently a weak, weak girl and immediately melted. We fell into a slow rhythm, much different than the kiss the day before. It was sweet and gentle, two words I never thought I would use when describing anything to do with Paul. Then, of course he had to go and be himself and stick his hand up my shirt trying to cop a feel.

"Okay, you said you'd let me go," I said somewhat breathlessly. His only reply was a smug smirk and a smack on the ass as I walked away. Pervert!

"Morning, Bells," Jake greeted me somewhat warily.

"Morning, Jake," I gave him a quick hug.

"Was he… did he…" Jake seemed uneasy.

"He just tried to cop a feel, but other than that he was okay," I reassured and Jake blew out a long breath. What did he really think Paul would do? He was an ass, sure, but not a barbarian… well, he did mark me, the dick.

"Make me some breakfast, woman!" Paul sauntered into the kitchen in nothing but his boxer briefs. I rolled my eyes, but as much as I had seen him naked, I supposed underwear was a step up.

"Um, I'm sorry, the last time I checked I wasn't your slave! This isn't even your house! Go home and eat, jerk." Why did I come back to him, again?

"Emily made grub since Sam wants us all over for a meeting. Why don't you get dressed, Bells and we'll head that way." I smiled at Jake and flicked Paul off before going to get dressed.

Emily greeted me with a warm hug and a sympathetic smile. I think I detected pity for me in her eyes when she looked back at Paul who was back to his obnoxious self. Once everyone was settled in to eat, Sam began talking about how things were coming with Victoria and what it meant for the Cullens to be back in town.

"Can't we just ask them to leave?" I asked hopefully. I simply wasn't ready to deal with the Cullens and being an imprint to a jackass wolf.

"Afraid not, Bella. The red-head is increasing her numbers daily and it looks as though we may need their help," Sam answered.

"Leeches? Work with leeches, Sam? Are you fucking kidding me?" Paul roared, but I had a feeling it was more to do with one vampire in particular by the name of Edward.

"Paul, Sam is right, I don't want to risk any of you getting hurt and if the Cullens can prevent that then so be it." I placed my hand over Paul's shaky one and he calmed a little.

"Are you going to be all right with this, Bells?" Jake asked.

"I guess I have to be. I mean, I still care about them, and yeah, I'm still hurt but this problem will be taken care of and they'll be gone again. I just have to keep my distance." I answered.

"Damn right you will!" Paul yelled.

I narrowed my eyes and we launched into another one of our legendary screaming matches where I argued that I could make my own decisions and he said that would be fine if those decisions weren't always wrong. This went on for a little while and the pack watched with smirks on their faces. I think Jared commented on it being better than the "Fox Reality Channel".

"When are you just going to come to terms that you're not always right?" I threw my hands up in frustration.

"When you come around to my way of thinking," He sat back with a satisfied grin.

"You're suck a fucktard!" I yelled and stomped my feet like a two year old having a tantrum.

"You're acting like a child!" Paul laughed.

"Yeah, well you bring it out in me, I guess."

"You know what my mama always did when I threw a tantrum, Paul?" Sam asked, losing the battle with holding in his chuckles.

Paul grinned wickidly, "What's that Sam?"

"She spanked me."

"Oh hell no!" I got up and made for the door while everyone laughed like hyenas. All except Emily who smacked Sam on the back of the head while muttering to him about making things worse.

Paul grabbed me before I was barely even out of my seat and threw me over his shoulder.

"Put me down!" I screeched, banging on his back with my fists.

"Nope, I made a threat and I intend to follow through. Maybe you'll learn your lesson." He landed a smack on my ass, but kept walking.

"Where the hell are you taking me?"

"Home, baby. It's time you got acquainted with it."

I yelled and screamed the whole way, causing everyone we passed to gawk at us. When we finally reached his house, I was actually surprised to find it neat and while only moderately so, nicely decorated. I didn't have long to ponder his décor choices and he sat in a leather chair and bent me over his knee.

"You can't be serious, Paul!" I screeched as he rubbed his hand gently over my bottom.

"I'm dead serious, baby, and I am going to enjoy this." He laughed and landed a hard smack on my right cheek.

"Ow, fucker!" I yelled and he simply laughed harder and kept going. Every smack hurt like a bitch and I could tell there would be bruising later. I didn't count how many hits he landed, but each one was met with an expletive from me. When he was finally done, my ass was throbbing and he pulled me up into a sitting position (which hurt like a bitch I might add). His eyes were dark, and damn if the asshole wasn't panting. Shithead got turned on by that! Figures.

"I hate you," I mumbled trying to get out of his grasp.

"No you don't," He whispered before pulling down the collar of my shirt and running his tongue over his bite mark.

Now, I'd be a damn liar if I said I wasn't a little turned on by this display, but I was equally pissed off. Either way, emotions were running high when he pulled me tighter and began to trail open-mouthed kisses up my neck.

"I'm really pissed at you, Paul."

"Mmhmm," was all he said before he crashed his lips to mine. As much as I couldn't stand the bastard, he sure knew what he was doing in the kissing department and I was starved for affection. I almost think if I wasn't a virgin we would have been having angry sex at the moment. But I was, and I wanted my first time to be special and with someone I loved. So I pulled away and thankfully he let me up.

Walking was painful, but I huffed all the way to Sam's where all conversation stopped when I walked in the door.

"Are you all right, hun?" Emily asked.

"No," I answered. I'm not sure exactly what came over me, but I think it was just all my pent up emotions boiling over as I began to sob.

"Out! All of you! We're going to have some girl time. And Sam?" Emily spoke sweetly.

"Yes, angel?"

"If you let Paul in this house before I give the okay, you will be sleeping in the dog house, literally, for a week." She kissed him on the cheek but the look on his face showed that he knew she meant business.

"Bella, sweetie, do you want to talk about it?" Emily sank down on the couch next to me.

"It's just everything! Paul imprinting on me, Edward and his family coming back, Victoria and her army, everyone being in danger… It's just too much! I don't know what to do with all this. It feels like my life isn't my own anymore. I'm being told what to do, how to live, who to love. I sometimes wish Victoria would find me!" I broke down in another fit of sobs.

She held me and shooshed me for what seemed like hours before she finally spoke. "Well, I know the imprinting thing is confusing, and you can refuse him, but not without great pain. Trust me, I tried with Sam. I felt horrible about hurting Leah. We had always been like sisters, but there was this pull. Any time I was away from him, I felt like I was always missing something. Now, Paul and Sam are two totally different men."

I snorted.

"Paul is a hard man to love, but Bella no one will love you like he can and you were chosen for him for a reason. I'm not saying you have to make a decision right now because I know you still have feelings for Edward, but all I ask is that you try to look past the asshole and see the real Paul. The one who loves you. He was destroyed when you were gone. It almost killed him, Bella." Emily patted my knee, saying no more. Instead she went to the kitchen and began baking. Before too long I walked over and began helping her, never saying a word. The tears still fell, and I still had no clue what I was going to do about my messed up life, but at least I had someone who understood and that was enough for now.

PPOV

"What's going on, guys?" I walked with a little extra swagger to Sam's where everyone was gathered in the front yard, looking ashamed.

"Bella came over here and broke down, man. What the fuck did you do to her?" Jake pushed me against a tree.

"Hey, I just spanked her, then maybe made out with her a little bit. What's the big deal? She was pissed when she left, but not hurt."

"Paul, I think you need to tone it down some. While we have all found this highly entertaining, I think we take for granted how strong Bella is. This is a lot for anyone to take and constantly fighting has got to be getting to her." Sam was speaking in his Alpha tone now.

"Because of the fucking leeches?" I was shaking with anger over the fact that she still cared about the mind reader.

"Partly, but there's more to it than that. Just try to be a little more tender and a little less… Paul." Everyone chuckled lightly at that.

I could hear Bella and Emily working in the kitchen, but occasionally Bella would still sniffle. "I need to see her." I felt like an ass for making my girl cry.

"Oh no! Emily will have my head if anyone goes in there. You need to go somewhere and cool off." I nodded my acceptance, as much as I hated it and made my way back home. I needed to blow off steam and I knew exactly how to do it. I jumped in my truck and headed to the Cullen's house.

"Mutt," Bella's ex-leech greeted me.

"Fucker," I spoke back, allowing all my thoughts about him to come to the surface of my mind.

"That is rather colorful, dog, but I really could care less what you think."

"Yeah, well, I just want you to stay away from Bella. You've done enough fucking damage." I thought back to the image I saw in Sam's head when he found her in the forest. Then I shifted to how she was for the months after he left. Of course I couldn't help myself when I finally thought about our kisses, but that was what did him in.

"Do you want to die, mutt? Keep your filthy paws off Bella!" At his words an image of the spanking flashed through my mind. I didn't mean for it to, but I wasn't used to being around a fucking mind reader either.

"You did WHAT? I'll kill you!" He lunged at me but was caught by Jasper and Alice.

"Edward," Alice reasoned, "Bella would be upset if you killed him. We would never get her back that way."

"You'll never get her back no matter what you do!" I spat. "We were made for one another and she may be pissed at me now, but no one has ever denied an imprint."

"Ha!" Doucheward laughed. "I can see in your mind that you're worried. Did she not just tell you she hated you? Did she not run away and cry? You talk about me hurting her, but you disrespect her at every turn. Neither of us deserve her, but at least I treat her like a lady."

"Yeah, so much so that she felt rejected by your prudish ass! Not to mention how much love and respect you showed by breaking her heart! Prick!" I shouted.

"I know that I hurt her, but I will spend eternity making it up to her!"

"She won't live for eternity, leech. She's human." I rolled my eyes.

"She wanted me to turn her before I left. I will not be foolish enough to deny her now." He smirked and I recoiled at the thought of my Bella as a leech.

"If you bite her, the treaty will be void and I would rip you apart! You just stay away from her you piece of undead shit!"

"Are you more upset about the thought of her as a vampire, or the thought that she may still choose this life… with me?"

Instead of answering, I got into my truck and drove back to the rez. I needed to see Bella. I felt like my chest was going to explode and I could barely breathe. I finally pulled up in Sam's yard and ran inside. Bella and Emily were laughing about something, but Bella abruptly stopped when she saw the look on my face.

"Paul?" She was in front of me at once, placing her small hand on my cheek. I leaned into the contact and calmed myself with her scent.

"Please tell me you don't want that anymore?" I pleaded.

"Want what, baby?" I loved when she forgot herself and called me that. It was proof that she wanted me, even if it was subconsciously.

"To be one of them. To be a leech and be his mate. Please tell me you don't want that anymore?" She looked at me with tears in her eyes and I knew her answer.

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