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Kim, Ella, and Claire looked at each other sadly.
Aria hadn't come to school again. She had been gone for a week. Her mother told them she wasn't eating, she wasn't even leaving her bed, and she wouldn't stop crying. They knew who was to blame, Paul Lahote. They wanted to kill him and take his skin for victory. There was just one, small problem..
Paul hadn't been to school either. His mother said he wasn't eating, the only time he left his bed was late at night and he stayed out till the sun rise, that was the only time he stopped crying.
None of it made sense. If Paul had cared so much about Aria, what had he done to make her like this?
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Paul stared painfully at Aria's bedroom window. He came here every night at midnight and stayed until the sun came up.
He could hear her sobbing uncontrollably whenever she thought of him. He wanted to die. She hated him.
He understood. He was a freak. Half man, half giant dog. She was so wonderful he just thought she could still love him if she knew. Wishful thinking.
He heard a branch snapping behind him. He didn't even bother to turn around.
''Paul man, you have to go home,'' Embry tried. Paul didn't even acknowledge him.
''Paul sweetie, you haven't eaten in a week. You have no strength left,'' Emily looked at him with sympathy.
''What is he doing here anyway?'' Leah had gotten back this morning.
''You know that girl from last week?'' Leah nodded. ''Paul imprinted on her. She found out he was a wolf and I guess she just couldn't deal with it.'' Emily looked at Paul with eyes of sadness. Leah's eyes filled with guilt.
''Oh no. This is my fault. Paul I am so sorry! I didn't know...''
''What do you mean Leah?'' Sam asked.
''We were talking at Emily's and she asked me about imprinting. I told her how disgusting and awful I thought it was. I-I didn't know Paul,'' Leah bit her lip. Paul stood up and towered over her.
''What else did you tell her?''
''Well, h-how you would d-die before you were forced to love some pathetic human girl,'' Leah shivered in fear at the look in Paul's eyes.
Paul started growling, snarling, and shaking. Emily put her hand on his arm and Sam tensed while watching her.
''Paul calm down. Just go talk to her and explain to her it was all just a misunderstanding. You are both in so much pain and if you just talk it will all go away.''
Paul glared with all of his hatred at Leah who gulped. His eyes softened and filled with pain when he heard Aria sobbing again.
He ran and jumped up to her window.
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Aria cried again as she thought about Paul. Her heart was hurting and filled with so much pain without him around. But she knew things were better this way. She didn't want him to be forced to love her. He was Paul Lahote. His favorite past time was sleeping around with any beautiful girl he could get his hands on. They were too different and he didn't even want her.
She choked back a sob to the best of her ability and jumped up when she heard something slam against her window. Her eyes widened when she saw Paul looking right at her with pain in his eyes.
She wanted so badly to just look away and tell him he was off the hook and he could leave but the way he looked at her made her heart hurt less.
He pulled her window up and jumped in. Aria backed up as far as she could but Paul just kept getting closer and closer to her.
He grabbed her shoulders and pulled her tight against him. Aria tried to push him back but he was too strong.
''Before you say or do anything I want you to listen very carefully to me and then you decide if you will still let me be with you, alright? I was never forced to love you. Before I met you I'll admit I never wanted to imprint because I saw what it did to Sam, Emily, and Leah. I thought it was disgusting and pathetic to be a pet for some girl you didn't even really know. You are different Ari. You are everything good in the world and I didn't even have to love you like I do. I chose to love you. I am begging you to look past this, look past what I am and let me love you for the rest of our lives. I am begging you Ari,'' Paul choked out. Aria's eyes filled with tears.
''I've missed you so much,'' Ari whimpered and held on to him tighter. Paul sighed and nuzzeled her head.
''I missed you too Ari.'' He pulled back and smiled at her until he took in her appearance. Her skin was sickly pale, she had bags under her eyes, her hair had lost its bounce and shine, her lips were cracked and chapped, and her eyes seemed to have lost the life in them. She had lost too much weight and she hadn't been sleeping.
Paul's eyes filled with tears and he hugged her tighter, kissing all over her face.
''I am so sorry I've put you through all of this,'' His voice cracked. Aria shook her head.
''It was my fault. I should've come and talked to you but it all just hit me. You were Paul Lahote. Playboy extraordinaire. You could have any girl you wanted and you got stuck with me,'' Ari whispered. Paul shook his head and grabbed the sides of her face.
''You are not a constellation prize Ari. You are the only girl I will ever want.''
''What if that is just the imprinting talking?'' Aria smiled sadly.
''Oh it's not. Imprinting is about being everything for your imprint whether it be a brother, a friend, or just a protecter but right now I'm looking at your cleavage,'' Paul grinned wolfishly. ''I am certainly not a brother.'' Ari laughed and Paul smiled but frowned after a moment.
''I should go. I'll see you at school on Monday?''
''Will you stay? Just until I fall asleep?'' Ari bit her lip. Paul gave her a cheesy grin and pulled her into the bed with him. She was gone as soon as he wrapped his arms around her. Paul smiled and kissed her forehead.
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''Oh Paul,'' Emily smiled, watching him kiss his imprint. Sam wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek.
''Thank god his moodiness will be over now,'' Embry chuckled.
''You would be the same way if it was you and Ella,'' Quil smirked.
''Don't even joke about that!'' Embry looked at Quil with wide, terrified eyes. Everyone laughed at him.
''You guys suck!''
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Aria ran downstairs and grabbed two packs of hot fudge sundae flavored poptarts. ''Bye mom! Bye dad! I'll see you later!''
Her parents blinked as they heard the door slam shut.
''Was that our daughter out of bed?'' Mr. Baxter asked his wife.
''I do believe it was,'' His wife smiled.
''How?'' He questioned.
''You didn't hear that noise in her room Friday night?'' Mrs. Baxter smiled knowingly. Her husband's eyes widened and he scowled.
''Normally I would kill that boy but just this once, I'll let it slide. At least we have our happy, beautiful daughter back.'' His wife nodded and sipped her tea.
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Claire sighed. ''Have you guys seen Ari today?''
''Nope,'' Ella sighed. Embry nuzzled her cheek in comfort. She smiled slightly.
''I saw Paul this morning,'' Kim shared.
''I'm gonna kill him,'' Claire growled. Ella glanced towards the cafeteria entrance and her eyes widened.
''Guys. Is that..?''
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''Jake keeps giving Em and I dirty looks everytime he sees us,'' Quil sighed. ''And now he's resulted into glaring at Ella as well since he saw her in town with Em. Embry is not happy about that as you can imagine and I don't know how much more of the looks directed at her he can handle before he looses his cool.''
''I don't blame him. If Jake tries that shit on Ari, I'll kill him,'' Paul growled.
''Have you seen Aria today?'' Jared asked while eating everything he could get his hands on.
''Not yet but she said she was going to come to school today,'' Paul sighed.
''Then she'll show dude,'' Quil smiled.
''Yeah. You guys are all good now so you shouldn't be worried,'' Jared reminded.
''You're right,'' Paul kept glancing at the cafeteria entrance every five minutes until he finally saw who he was waiting for.
His imprint. She smiled right at him.
She looked perfect. Her skin was back to its milky white and beautiful complexion, the bags under her eyes were gone, her hair had it's natural shine and bounce back, her lips had their soft shade of pink back and looked perfectly smooth, and her eyes were full of life again and love. Love for him. She had started gaining some weight back and sleeping.
He stood up and grinned at her. She walked slowly towards him. Too slow for him. She looked up at him and smiled brightly, showing him her perfect, pearly white teeth and the small dimples in her cheeks. Everything about her was perfect to him.
He pulled her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. He smothered his face into her chest.
'God she smells so good!'
''I love you,'' Ari whispered.
''I love you more than you know,'' Paul groaned. Ari giggled and nodded towards her friend's table. Paul carried her, not wanting to let go anytime soon.
''Hi guys,'' Ari smiled and sat down on Paul's lap.
''Are you..okay?'' Claire asked cautiously.
''I'm good now,'' Ari smiled at Paul who grinned.
''What exactly happ-''
''Hey Paul we are heading out, you coming?'' Quil asked cutting Claire off.
''I'll catch up later,'' He answered and held on to Aria tighter.
''Alright well you're gonna miss out on- wow,'' Quil whispered as he stared into Claire's eyes. Claire blushed and bit her lip. ''So perfect.''
Claire's eyes widened.
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