Tala's POV

I was finishing getting Claire admitted to the hospital when I saw a worried Emily running into the hospital. I could see she wasn't sure where to go so I walked over to her placing my hand on her shoulder. She snapped her head in my direction and looked relieved. I pulled her in for a hug. We pulled apart and then I said "she is over in this room would you like to see her? Then I'll tell you everything I know"

"Yes please Tala, I will call Claire's mom afterwards as well, that way I can tell her everything" Emily told me as we walked into room 4.

"Okay, so the paramedics told me she hit her head on a low tree branch while running, she fell unconscious but is stable. She has not woken up yet but we have run some tests and she does not have an bleeding or swelling in her brain, most likely just a mild concussion" I explained to the best of my ability.

Emily nodded at me and said thank you to me. "I am going to call Claire's mother now". Emily excused herself and pulled out her phone and began calling Claire's mom, I decided to continue my paperwork for Claire.

It was about 5:30 pm now and I was going to check on my patients that I had. Claire's mom had shown up and was now sitting with Claire in her room, her still not having woken up yet.

I walked into Claire's room and took a set of vitals, everything was still normal. As I was setting her bed back to the regular position she began to stir and her eyes opened up. "Hi Claire, my name is Nurse Tala, you're in the hospital. Can you hear me?" I asked and Claire nodded her head yes. "You hit your head on a tree branch while running with Quil in the woods, you will probably have a headache for a while, I will call in the doctor and he will check you for concussion symptoms." I told her before leaving and paging the doctor to 'acute room 4'.

After the doctor came and checked Claire's head, he determined that she had a mild concussion and that she would recover just fine as long as she took it easy for the next week. I started on finishing up her discharge forms and brought them to Claire's mom for her to sign them. It was about 6:45 pm so once I finished this I was able to go home. I was glad today was almost done as it was a long day.

Claire's mom thanked me and helped Claire off the bed and they left the hospital with Quil following behind still apologizing profusely as he still felt very guilty it looked. I finished up my paperwork then grabbed my stuff. I gave my report to the next nurse coming on for shift change and then left to call a cab.

Once I got back to Emily's I ran upstairs and took a shower and changed into just a pair of leggings and a t-shirt. I went downstairs and looked in the fridge and grabbed out some leftover tacos that Emily had left for me to eat for dinner. I heated it up and ate my dinner quickly before sending a text to Paul: Hey, if you want to meet still, we can now.

Paul replied back within a couple seconds saying: I will be at your place in a few seconds.

I put my phone away and cleaned my dishes and putting them on the rack to dry. I was sitting on the couch when I heard someone walk into the house. I looked up to see it was Paul and he motioned for me to follow him outside for us to talk.

"So, what did you want to talk about Paul?" I asked him while sitting down on the bench outside.

"I am going to tell you my secret. I want you to feel like you can trust me, but please keep an open mind and give me a chance to explain before freaking out " Paul said which kind of made me nervous.

"Okay, let's hear it" I said looking at him.

"Okay, well have you heard any of the Quileute legends?" Paul asked me.

"Yeah, I did when I was a little girl."

"Okay, well you remember the one about select Quileute's being descendants of wolves?" He asked me slowly.

"Um, yes" I said confused as to where this was going.

"Well it is true" Paul said, my eye went wide.

"You have got to be kidding me" I said while starting to laugh.

"It is true, I can prove it too if you want" he said taking a step back.

"Fine. Prove it then." I told him crossing my arms over my chest.

"Okay, I have to strip when I phase by the way, or else my clothing will tear ok?" he told me as he was taking his shirt and then his shorts off.

I nodded my head as I watched him begin to shake uncontrollably. Then the impossible happened and I saw Paul transform into a MASSIVE silvery-grey wolf. "Oh my God" I said taking a step back, tripping on a rock and falling on my butt. The wolf began creeping closer to me "St-stay away from me" I said terrified.

I heard the wolf whine a bit at me and he laid on the ground in front of me. I looked into his eyes and noticed that were the same chocolate brown as Paul's. I took a deep breath "Paul, is that really you?" I said staring into his eyes. The wolf nodded his head. "C-can I touch you?" I asked shakily. The wolf nodded again and I slowly got closer running my hand through the fur on his head finding it surprisingly soft. The wolf let out a content sigh and I smiled at him. "Paul, can you phase back please?" I asked him whining standing up and brushing off my clothing.

Paul nodded his big wolf head and shifted back to his human form. I watched him put on his shorts and just picking up his shirt leaving it off, which I didn't mind as I stared at his rippled chest.

Paul chuckled obviously seeing me admiring his chest which caused a blush to creep into my face. "There's something else I have to tell you" Paul said and I nodded slowly "I imprinted on you".