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Corlie and Paul have been best friends since they were born but when he phases he pushes Corlie away and she turns to Jacob and when their friendship becomes something more, Jacob phases leaving her all alone. How will everyone deal when one of the wolves imprint on Corlie?

CHAPTER 7:

The next morning Paul was awakened by Corlie's alarm clock. When he opened his eyes he saw Corlie still curled up beside him with a smile on her face. Paul let out a content sigh and reached over and turned the alarm off.

"Corlie," he said. "Corlie time to get up," he said again. "Coraline," he said a little louder and gave her a gentle shake. She started to move around.

"Why is it so hot?" she asked as she woke up. She looked over and saw Paul was still with her. "You stayed all night," she said surprised as she sat up.

"Yes, you were so comfortable and I didn't want to wake you up if I moved and…"

"Its ok that you stayed," she told him. "I haven't slept that good in a long time." she said and she saw him smile.

"Well I'll have to go home and get ready for school, I'll be back to get you at the same time I used to, ok."

"I'll be ready Paul," she whispered and he brushed his lips against her cheek and got out of the bed.

"See you soon," he said before he opened the window and climbed out.

When Paul was gone Corlie went to get ready for school. She took a shower and fixed her hair and put on some make-up. Then she dressed in a pair of skinny jeans and a sweater and slipped her black boots on and went to the kitchen for breakfast. Her mom and dad were both eating breakfast as she walked in.

"Good morning," she said happily.

"Morning," her mom replied.

"Good morning," her dad said. "You're in a good mood."

"Yeah I guess so," she sighed as she fixed a bowl of cereal and sat down to eat. "Paul's picking me up for school."

"Really?" her mom asked surprised.

"Good," her dad said. "So you and Paul have fixed things between you?"

"Well our friendship is on the mend," Corlie said. "We talked yesterday and I know things are going to be ok between us now." she told them. "He's different now of course but so am I," she said. "But he still has a lot of the old Paul in him even though he's changed a lot."

"I'm sure he does," her mom said softly as Corlie finished her cereal and took her bowl to sink.

"Well Paul should be here soon so I'm going to go look for him." she told them.

"You have a good day and be careful," her dad said.

"I will," Corlie said and she walked out of the kitchen and went to wait for Paul. When Corlie walked into the living room she had a feeling that Paul was already waiting outside for her. She let out a sigh and opened the door and saw him standing outside his truck, leaning against looking incredibly sexy and her heart started to beat faster as she walked towards him. She was having thoughts she shouldn't be having about a guy that's just her friend. Her thoughts drifted to her kissing his lips as he tangled his fingers in her hair, running her fingers over the newly developed muscles he had in his arms and his six pack abs. she stopped in front of Paul and looked up at him.

"Morning Paul," she said softly.

"Morning angel," he smiled and pushed himself off his truck and opened the door for her. Corlie looked shocked but hid it immediately and climbed in the truck. Paul shut the door behind her and ran around to the other side and slid in beside her.

"So good morning so far?" he asked.

"Yep," she smiled. "You?"

"Best morning I've had in a while," he admitted as he pulled out onto the road and headed to school.

"Yeah me to," she sighed.

"Really?" he asked surprised. "What about Jake?"

"What do you mean?" she asked confused.

"You spent a lot of time with Jake," he said, "when I left you," he added softly.

"Yes I spent a lot of time with Jake."

"He was your boyfriend."

"Yes Jake was my boyfriend. I did love him and care about him." she told Paul. "I still do but not the way I used to." she told him. "And he's kind of upset with me now."

"Because of the kiss last night," Paul stated.

"Yeah because of what I didn't feel when he kissed me last night," she told him. "And I have no idea what changed just that being with Jake doesn't feel right," she sighed. "Not like it used to anyway." she told him and he nodded and pulled into school and parked the truck.

"Not right like…."

"Like I'm supposed to be with someone else," she sighed. "Its extremely weird because its like all those feelings I had for Jake disappeared." she told him.

"Maybe you're meant to be with someone else and not Jake," Paul suggested.

"Well I'm sure I don't know," she sighed and opened the door of his truck and hopped down. She grabbed her bag and put it on her shoulder and closed the door as Paul came around to join her. "I just don't want Jake to hate me because I don't know if I could deal with that."

"He won't hate you," Paul assured her. "be a little upset for a while, yes but he won't hate you."

"So are you ever going to tell me what happened to you?" she asked.

"Yes," he said and she shook her head.

"When?" she asked

"Soon," he said. "I just got you back I don't want you to run off and leave me."

"And you think what you have to tell me will make me run away from you?" she asked.

"Yes," he whispered. "It just all depends on how you see things."

"Oh," she whispered and grabbed Paul's arm to stop him before he walked inside the school. "Paul."

"What?"

"It can't be that bad," she told him. "I do know you wouldn't have just dumped me without a good reason."

"No I wouldn't have," he said and he took a step towards her. Corlie stepped back so her back was against the wall of the building. "But everything that's going on," he told her as he placed his hands against the wall on each side of her. "Its dangerous especially for you right now."

"Why Paul?" she asked.

"When I tell you everything will you promise to remember one thing?"

"Yeah of course," she agreed.

"Will you remember," he said as he ran a finger across her cheek. "That I was in love with you before all this," he told her and she let out a gasp.

"Paul," she whispered.

"You probably figured it out already but I've been in love with you for years Corlie, I realized it when I was fourteen but I'm sure I loved you before that."

"I've been in love with you for years to," she admitted. "But it just kind of hit when I was fourteen."

"Why didn't you say something?" Paul asked.

"Well I wasn't sure you'd feel the same way. You were always out with random girls," she told him and he nodded. "Plus I'd rather have you as my best friend forever than not at all."

"I get it Corlie," he said.

"Why are you telling me this now?"

"Because after school today I have to take you somewhere and show you something," he told her. "I just wanted you to know I loved you before all of this happened." he added. "You do believe me?" he asked hopefully. Corlie looked up and saw the worried look on his face.

"Yes Paul," she said as she laid her hand on his cheek. "I believe you." she told him and he let out a relieved sigh and smiled.

"Good," he said. "We should get to class." he told her and led her inside the building. "I'm going to my locker, I'll see you in class."

"Ok Paul," she smiled and they went their separate ways.

Corlie got everything out of her locker for her classes and turned around and looked down the hall where Paul was at his locker. She smiled and went to walkover but she saw a girl walk over to Paul and lay her hand on his bicep. She recognized her as Courtney, one of the prettiest girls in school and a girl she knew Paul had slept with more than once. Corlie watched as she said something to Paul and Paul shook his head and Courtney ran her fingers over his chest and Corlie thought about going over there and pulling her off of him.

Paul was standing at his locker getting everything out for his first few classes and thinking about Corlie, the girl that had been his best friend forever. Corlie was beautiful she had beautiful brown eyes that had flecks of blue in them and they seemed to sparkle when she was happy. She had soft skin that he loved any excuse to touch and he really hoped she took everything he was going to tell her ok because he knew he couldn't live without her. Those few weeks he had to were hell on him, he missed her so much. He let out a sigh and closed his locker and was about to head to class when he felt a hand on his arm. He turned around and saw a girl he had slept around with occasionally, her name was Courtney.

"Hey Paul," she smiled.

"Courtney," he replied.

"So are you busy this afternoon?" she asked looking up at him.

"Actually I am," he told her.

"I was hoping you might come over after school," she told him.

"Not going to happen Courtney," he said and shook his head.

"Another time then?" she asked and ran her fingers over his chest.

"No," he told her. "you and I are not going to be doing anything anymore."

"Paul," Courtney whined and ran her fingers down his arm.

"Don't," he growled and Courtney stepped back.

"Fine," she said. "Whatever Paul," she said and turned around and stomped off.

Paul looked across the hall and saw Corlie watching them and he couldn't read the expression on her face.

"Shit," he cursed and made his way to Corlie. He stopped walking and stood in front of her.

"Corlie," he said but she didn't say anything. "Coraline," he whispered. "Say something, talk to me," he pleaded and took one of her hands in his.

"What do you want me to say Paul?"

"I know you saw Courtney with me," he told her and she shrugged.

"So, I've seen you talk to a lot of girls," she said. "I know you've gone home with a lot of girls."

"Yes that's true," he admitted.

"She seemed kind of pissed off at you," Corlie stated.

"She is." Paul sighed. "Because I told her the two of us would not be doing anything anymore."

"Oh," she said nodding. "Why?"

"Coraline, do you really think I would just tell you I love you and then go and sleep with some other girl."

"I don't know Paul," she whispered. "Maybe."

"Well I wouldn't ok," he told her and she nodded. "and after school today you can decide what you want from me," he said. "If you want to be friends, if you want more than that or if you want me to just leave you alone." he told her. "I'll do, I'll be whatever you want."

"And you're just going to do what I want?" she asked as if she didn't believe him.

"Yes Corlie I will," he told her. "We should start walking to class." he told her and she nodded and the two of them fell in step beside each other.

"Paul, you said you'd do or be what I wanted." she said and he nodded. "Well, what do you want?"

"Well I don't want to tell you because I don't want it to influence your decision."

"It won't," she told him. "You already know how I feel about you and I know how you feel about me."

"I know angel," he sighed. "I would love to be more than just friends with you but that's up to you," he admitted.

"Paul I…" she began but he stopped walking and placed a finger over her lips.

"Don't make any decisions until you hear what I have to tell you, ok."

"Ok," she said and Paul removed his finger from her lips. "So does what you're going to tell me have anything to do with what happened to you?";

"Yes," he told her. "Now we need to get to class." he added and they continued walking to class.

When Corlie was in class she had with Embry she thought she'd ask him if he knew what Paul wanted to talk to her about. So when Embry sat down behind her in his seat she turned around.

"Hey Embry," she smiled.

"Hey Corlie," he said.

"So Paul said he wanted to talk to me after school today that he had something to tell me." she began.

"Oh he did."

"Yeah and I was wondering if you knew what it was about?"

"Actually I do," Embry admitted. "And I'm not telling you."

"Embry," she whined. "Not even a hint."

"Nope, because Paul would kick my ass if I did. So you're just going to have to wait."

"Ok Embry," she sighed. "I'm just kind of nervous about what he's going to tell me."

"Why?" he asked curiously.

"Promise me you won't tell anyone what I'm going to tell you Embry." she said and Embry let out a sigh and looked into her eyes.

"I promise Corlie."

"Well this morning Paul picked me up for school and when we got here he told me he's been in love with me for years and that he realized it when we were fourteen."

"Really?" Embry asked surprised.

"Yes so I told him the same thing, that I've been in love with him for years and I realized it when I was fourteen to." she said. "He told me what he has to tell me does involve what happened to him"

"Just listen to what he has to say, with an open mind."

"Of course I will," she said and Embry nodded.

After school Paul took Corlie home.

"I'll be back to get you in thirty minutes ok," he said.

"Ok Paul."

"Wear comfortable shoes," he told her.

"Ok Paul," she sighed and opened the door of his truck and hopped down.

"Thirty minutes," he said and she smiled.

"Thirty minutes." she repeated and closed the door and turned and walked towards her house.

When Corlie walked inside she found her mom in the kitchen.

"Hey mom I'm home," she said.

"Have a good day?" she asked.

"Yeah I did," she smiled.

"Good," her mom said happily.

"Well I'm going to change Paul's meeting me in thirty minutes," she told her.

"I'm glad you and Paul are talking again," her mom said.

"Yeah me to," Corlie smiled. "I'm going to change, he said to wear comfortable shoes."

"Ok, just be careful," her mom told her.

"I will mom," she smiled and turned to go to her bedroom.

Corlie went to her bedroom and pulled her boots off and changed into jeans and a long sleeved t-shirts. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and then slipped on some socks and sneakers and went downstairs. She knew Paul was on his way and would be here any second. She walked down the stairs. When she stepped off the last stair she let out a sigh.

"Paul's here," she said and walked over and opened the door and saw him standing in front of it with his hand held up fixing to knock.

"Hey," he smiled and dropped his hand. "Perfect timing." he added. "You ready?"

"Yeah just let me tell my mom I'm leaving," she said. "Come on in." she told him and Paul stepped inside and shut the door behind him and he watched as Corlie disappeared into the kitchen and returned a few seconds later. "Lets go," she said and Paul took her hand in his and led her outside.

"So where are we going?" she asked.

"The woods," he answered and she stopped walking.

"Paul," she whispered. "Last time I was in the woods…"

"Hey I would never let anything happen to you," he assured her. "You're safe with me."

"Ok," she sighed and she let Paul lead her into the woods.

When they got a good distance into the woods Paul stopped walking and turned to look at Corlie.

"Ok, I need you to just listen to what I have to tell you," he said.

"Ok," she nodded.

"You promise to stay and hear me out."

'Yes I promise."

"You know the legends of our tribe?"

"Yes I've been at the bonfires and heard Billy tell them," she said.

"What if I told you they were true?"

"Which part?"

"That some of us can shift into the form of a wolf."

"I would think that's a little hard to believe," she said honestly.

"I know," he said quietly. "But Corlie everything you've heard all your life, all the stories, they are true."

"That's crazy," she said and turned to walk away but Paul grabbed her hand.

"You promised to hear me out." he reminded her.

"I did," she sighed and took a deep breath.

"Its all true there are a few of us that can shift into the form of a wolf." he said. "We shift to fight off our enemies, its why we shift, its what we're made to do."

"Who are your enemies?"

"Remember the stories Coraline," Paul said. "Our enemy is the cold ones, they drink blood. You probably know them more commonly as vampires."

"Vampires," she whispered.

"Yes, its all true."

"How am I supposed to believe all this?"

"Because I'm one of the guys that can shift into a wolf," Paul told her and Corlie looked at him shocked.

"That's what happened to you," she said.

"Yes. Me, Jared, Embry, Quill and Jake."

"Paul."

"Do you want to see?" he asked quietly.

"I…"

"I won't hurt you, my wolf loves you almost as much as I do." he told her.

"Ok, I want to see." she said and Paul nodded and took a few steps back and unbuttoned his shorts and let them drop to the ground.

"Paul," she said embarrassed as she turned away from him.

"Sorry," he smirked but my shorts rip when I phase so I needed to take them off.

"Ok," she said and turned back to look at him and she saw his body start to tremble and moments later a silver wolf was standing where Paul was. A huge silver wolf. The same wolf that showed up the day she was saw that guy in the woods, one of the wolves that chased him off.

"Wow!" she whispered and Paul stepped closer to her and Corlie tried not to back away, Paul said he wouldn't hurt her. The wolf stopped in front of her so he was looking in her eyes. Corlie slowly reached out and ran her hand across the wolfs massive neck. "You're so beautiful." she said softly and Paul phased back and was suddenly human in front of her. He stood up and walked over to slip his shorts back on.

"Corlie," he said.

"Its all true," she whispered.

"Yes and there are two things we need to talk about."

"Ok," she said.

"Lets sit down," Paul said and the two of them sat down. Paul took her hands in his. "Ok the first thing we're going to talk about is the guy from the woods."

"Zander," Corlie said. "You chased him off."

"Yes Coraline," Paul said. "Zander is what we kill." he told her. "He's a vampire."

"Did you kill him?" Corlie asked quietly.

"He got away," Paul growled. "But he promised he'd be back for you, he will try to come and get you but we're going to keep you safe."

"So Zander's a vampire and he wants to kill me or what?" she asked.

"Not sure what he wants to do but he won't get near you." Paul promised.

"Paul," she whispered.

"We're going to be taking turns patrolling around your house, making sure he doesn't get near you."

"But what if you or one of the other guys gets hurt." she said worried. "I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me."

"Don't worry about us angel, this is what we're made for its what we're designed to do, kill vampires."

"Doesn't mean I won't worry Paul." she told him and he smiled and pulled her to him so she was sitting in his lap and wrapped his arms around her. Corlie laid her head on his shoulder and let out a sigh.

"I need to tell you something else." he said and Corlie lifted her head off his shoulder and looked at him.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Ok Corlie. There is something we do, the wolves." he began. "Its called imprinting."

"Imprinting."

"Yes, its like you look into the eyes of this girl and she becomes your world. She's all that matters to you and you would die to protect her, you would do anything for her." he explained.

"Wow!"

"You could have known her all your life and then you look at her and it happens." Paul told her. "The girl completes you, she's perfect for you, Soul mates."

"Soul mates," Corlie whispered. "That's what happened with Kim and Jared."

"Yes," Paul said. "And Sam and Emily."

"No one else?"

"Yes Corlie, it has happened to someone else." he whispered.

"To who?" she asked and looked at him.

"To me," he told her and he saw Corlie's eyes fill with tears and she blinked and they fell down her cheeks. "What's wrong?" Paul asked when he saw tears run down her cheeks.

"Nothing," she said and tried to move away from him but he held onto her so she couldn't leave. "Let me go please," she said.

"No angel, tell me what's wrong," he pleaded. "It breaks my heart to see you cry, you know I hate seeing you cry."

"You imprinted on someone," she said and Paul wiped her tears away with his thumbs.

"Yes," he smiled.

"Then why did you tell me you were in love with me this morning."

"Because I do, I always have," he said.

"But what about your imprint?" she asked.

"Well you never let me finish telling you about her."

"Ok might as well tell me," she sighed.

"Well angel, she's beautiful, amazing, perfect."

"Oh that's good," Corlie smiled. "And you're happy she's your imprint?"

"Yes I am, I've never been happier about anything."

"Good."

"She knows me better than anyone else." he told her and she smiled.

"Well who is she?" Corlie asked.

"My imprint is you, I imprinted on you," Paul told her and Corlie gasped and stared at Paul shocked.

"Me," Corlie said surprised. "You imprinted on me."

"Yes angel, I imprinted on you, you're all I want, all I could ever want." he told her and she smiled. "you just have to tell me what you want." he said. "Do you want to stay just friends, do you want to be my girlfriend, do you want me to just leave you alone?"

"Well I definitely don't want you to leave me alone," she said and he smiled and let out a relieved smile. "Paul I've wanted to be your girlfriend since we were fourteen."

"I've wanted you to be my girlfriend since we were fourteen," he told her.

"So I would really like to try being your girlfriend," she told him and he smiled.

"I was hoping you'd say that," he said and ran his finger across her cheek, Corlie let out a sigh and leaned closer to him. Paul leaned into her, Corlie could feel his breath on her face.

"So," Corlie whispered. "Are you going to kiss me or not?"

"Yeah I'm going to kiss you," Paul said softly and closed the distance between them and pressed his lips against hers. Corlie sighed and leaned into him sliding one arm around his neck as Paul slid an arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him. Corlie's heart felt like it was about to beat out of her chest and kissing Paul made her whole body feel like it was on fire. Corlie pulled away and rested his forehead against his.

"Wow," she whispered and Paul smiled.

"That's one word to describe it," he sighed and she smiled and pulled away from him.

"So are you sure about this?" Paul asked her. "That you want me?"

"Yes Paul, I'm sure." she told him. "You're sure you want me?" she asked quietly.

"Yes Coraline, I've always wanted you." he told her and she smiled. "I should get you home," he said and she nodded and got off his lap. Paul stood up and then took her hands in his and pulled her up and the two of them made their way back to Corlie's house.