Hello, here is another chapter.

The character of Jackson is an OC but an important one and for all of you wondering about Jacob and Billy at some point past Chapter 10 that will be addressed. So far it's about building the relationship between Paul and Rachel before something gets in the way.

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I Would For You

Paul/Rachel Fanfiction. When Rachel Black left La Push nearly four years ago to go for college she was carrying a secret. When she returns to help pick up the pieces in the aftermath of her brother's disappearance she has no idea of what fate has in store for her and the effect it has on her life.

Chapter 4-A Few Good Men

Paul's Point of View.

Once Jacob was back and he gave me a beating and a half for something so completely out of control that it was impossible to predict life carried on as normal. Bella Swan was still on her honeymoon with the Cullen Vamp and while Jacob was horrified at the thought of them actually having a real honeymoon the little show he did at the wedding seemed to calm him down long enough for him to relax back into pack business.

And thankfully those horrific dreams he projected onto the pack about Bella seemed to have stopped as well.

That led me to another problem. What to do about Rachel Black. Fortunately Sam seemed to take pity on us all (factoring me pining over my imprint, Jacob smarting over a woman he could never have and Leah's worry about Seth so close to their father's anniversary) that he went to the rest of the elders and asked permission to host another Pack Bonfire.

This went down well. Billy it seemed wanted to ease Rachel into what was in store for her, personally I was offended but I understood, Emily had reacted badly and Sam still wanted himself dead for what he'd done.

I hadn't seen Rachel since Jacob's return, since the night I had imprinted on her and I was desperate to see her again. I wondered if she still smelled like a combination of vanilla and coconut. I wondered if she still made those sounds in bed as she had before.

Suddenly I was very glad I was in human form.

The bonfire carried on as planned. Sam directed us to find wood to burn for the better part of most of the afternoon while Emily and a stony faced Leah set up food with Sue. Jacob and Billy came once we'd all settled down and Rachel followed.

I smelt her before I saw her, she still had that mouth-watering smell of coconut and vanilla but there was something else attached to it. It smelt like sea salt and what I thought was caramel but short of sticking my nose up against her (which I didn't think would be appreciated by all parties) I wasn't sure. She was dressed in a pair of tighter jeans than the other day that hugged around her waist in a wish wash blue colour, a grey shirt that showed of all of her curves and a pair of brown boots with a small heal that stopped before her knee. Her hair was scraped up this time into a messy bun that ended around her neck tendrils falling down her face, she was wearing minimal make up but she looked stunning.

Good Lord.

Her eyes found mine for the briefest of second before she looked away turning to get a bear from the cooler. Now or never really. Jacob shot me a withering look promising me all kinds of ill before I stood up and moved myself over to her. Sam God Bless him distracted Billy and Jacob with a discussion about football and soon the rest of the pack sans Leah were all involved shouting like maniacs about the current season.

"Hey" I said sliding up to her, she jumped before regaining her composure.

"Hey" she said finally her eyes still searching my face as if I held the answers to some long lost question. I stared back at her gladly trying to give her the answer.

"It's been a long time" I said before mentally kicking myself. What a way to bring up our last encounter.

Rachel snorted one eyebrow raising in a way that made me want to kick myself again before grovelling for forgiveness.

"Yeah" she said finally her tone full of some long lost derision.

"Look" I started again, "I wanted to apologise about the last time we saw each other…" about our one night stand you haven't been able to get out of your head I mentally shouted at myself.

Rachel blinked. "Which part" she hissed under her breath "The part about sleeping with me or running out the day after?"

Suddenly I was very glad that the rest of the pack were still engaged in their football debate.

"The last part" I said finally feeling sheepish.

Rachel blinked again, whatever she had been expecting my reply to be I was sure that it wasn't that.

"Oh" she said finally looking surprised. "Well I'm a big girl Paul don't feel like you have to worry about my feelings"

"Look" I said trying again as she took another long swig of beer.

"Do you wanna go and get a drink sometime? As friends nothing more?" I asked trying to keep my tone even. "I really wanna make things right between us for however long you're staying"

It was fragile ground but I was hoping that it could be broken. Rachel regarded me coolly. She seemed to be making a decision in her head and I realised that she thinking something over. Finally I saw something flicker on her face in the firelight before it disappeared to be replaced by her cool mask of indifference.

"Alright" she said carefully as if she was weighing something out that only she could comprehend. "But I warn you I don't plan on staying long" she caught my expression and shrugged.

"I was staying for as long as Jacob was missing. Now he's back so I can go…" she deliberated on the word for a second "Home"

"Wait your leaving?" never in my life have I ever been so glad for the presence of Jacob Black. Clearly he had decided that I was spending too much time basking in the warm presence that was his sister so he had decided to come over and catch the last end of Rachel's sentence.

He looked at me before he raised an eyebrow. There was a look on his face that I didn't want to identify because it reminded me of pity.

Even Billy had looked up at his son's words. He didn't seem to look at me but instead he was looking at his daughter and I realised that he had been hoping that with me in the picture the move could become permanent.

Looks like he was wrong.

"I'm going to go see Becks in Hawaii for a bit, maybe look at some job opportunities over there" Rachel said looking around everyone's expressions with her face set. Clearly she'd been expecting opposition to this move.

Billy stared. "I was hoping you'd consider moving back home" he said in his usual blunt way "I didn't realise that you were serious about living with your sister"

Rachel rolled her eyes her expression becoming increasingly bitter. "No I bet you didn't" she muttered so only me and Jacob could hear it. Jacob looked very much like he wanted to elaborate on that but Billy who hadn't heard the last bit of her sentence continued speaking.

"You only came home once when you were at college, Rach, and that was in your first year, you didn't want anyone there when you graduated."

Something in Rachel's expression shifted then, she looked guilty for a split second before she shrugged. "You were there for the High School one and that was much more important"

I shifted remembering exactly what had happened at the High School one and before. Jacob shot me a questioning look but turned back to his sister.

"Hey why didn't you want us there?"

Rachel shrugged again. "I was fine on my own, I am fine on my own" there seemed to be a double edged meaning to that that seemed to resonate around the campfire with a silent effect. Embry muttered something to Quill and the two of them took Colin, Brady the newest wolf Jackson (who was only twelve) and watching with wide eyes to the nearest corner to get more wood. Jared, Kim and Emily all carefully began to talk about something else and Seth turned away at the insistence of his mother. Only Leah was still watching Rachel intently as if trying to figure out the answer to a complicated math problem. Rachel shrugged again. "Look I don't know what you want me to say, I was fine on my own, graduation wasn't a big deal for me I had other stuff on my plate and I've been thinking about getting out of the state since then, I don't understand" she said her voice rising "Why you have a problem with this when Rebecca barely graduated and ran off to get married to a man that you hate"

The corner of Jacob's mouth twitched. He too seemed to agree with Rachel's assessment of Billy's opinion of his brother in law. Billy spluttered for a few seconds before apparently giving up. Rachel turned to me again her brown eyes assessing mine before she nodded.

"If you wanna go for a beer then call me I suppose" she said finally before placing her empty bottle on the table. "I'm gonna go make a phone call if you don't mind, don't start the stories without me I'll be ten minutes"

Jacob sighed as she disappeared down the side of the path that lead to the beach. "That's the fourth phone call she's made since she's been here you know" he said shaking his head. "And I'm not being funny it's not Rebecca because their close but not inseparable." He paused shooting me a look from where I knew I was stunned into silence by the way the conversation was taking place and changing shape around me.

"You might have competition" he said looking rather ill at the thought. "And I was just beginning to get my head around you in the family" he shook his head. "Bet ya he's a nerd"

"Jake" Billy warned shooting his son a look, "Come and sit down" Jacob did so next to Embry and Seth who patted him on the shoulder. Billy spared me a glance "You too" he said his voice soft "I'll talk to her see if she can stay a couple more weeks until you've figured out a way to break the bombshells" he spared another glance at the path his daughter had walked down, "I agree with Jacob though, the last four years have been very odd, I don't think she's been the same since she's left here"

Since I slept with her I though bitterly plonking myself down onto a log. Well at least I had the one date. A beer could lead to another. I just had to figure out how to go about it gently. Whatever Rachel was hiding she had to know that she could trust me with it. That I could be supportive and that she could depend on me to help her.

And if that took some time then bring it on. I could wait.

"Paul" said a voice to my left and I looked up to see Jackson the newest and smallest wolf his eyes were huge in his head and he looked terrified, I remembered being the first there when he'd turned and how he'd had a panic attack once he'd managed to force his way back to being human.

"Yeah kiddo?" I said in a moment of generosity I allowed him to sit down next to me.

"Does it always suck this much?" I didn't know what he meant weather imprinting or being a wolf and I shrugged throwing my arm over his thin shoulders in a moment of comfort. God he was tiny. And skinny.

"Sometimes, but kid" I said as he looked up at me "It always gets better when you've got brothers watching your back" he shivered again and I allowed him to curl up at my side ignoring Jared's look of surprise.

So I had a sensitive side, so shoot me.

When I looked up from the quiet kid sitting next to me it was to see Rachel Black's brown eyes staring at me something conflicted in them before she smiled, it was a genuine one at that and one I was only to happy to return.

Next Chapter will be coming soon, please let me know what you think of this little instalment.