A/N-I wrote this chapter about five hundred times, and then I blanked my mind and wrote this, believe me it was nothing like what I had started with. This has bits and pieces from the Twilight series through it but the rest is my imaginantion. Stephanie Meyer's makes this possible.

Chapter 7.

Four weeks later.

"Rachel, Rachel wake up" Riley groaned as he shook my arm and Alex tried to pry open my eyelids. We were playing Sleeping Lion's and they had been trying to 'wake' me up for a good five minutes. It was late afternoon and Sarah had left an hour ago for an overnight shift and Amy was in her playpen, laughing away as she watched her brothers.

"Riley it's no use, Rachie is the best sleeping lion that's ever slept" Alex sighed as he laid his head on my stomach, bored of the game. When I knew both of them had had enough I jumped up and roared making them both jump then laugh at me.

"You're the best sleeper ever" Riley exclaimed as Amy clapped in her corner. I was tickling them when the door bell rang.

"Alright time out, watch your sister why I get the door" I said, pushing myself up and heading to the door. I opened it to find a very good looking guy in a pair of black slacks and a button down white shirt. He had blonde hair and browny coloured eyes and a young smile as he met my eyes.

"Good afternoon Miss, how are you today" He asked as I tried to find a name tag or a business logo on his clothing.

"Good thanks, uh may I ask who you are" I asked and he stared at me a long second before answering.

"I'm Jordan Stewart from Victoria's Secret" He said as he eyed me up and down while he shook my hand. "By the look of you I'd say you were familiar" He winked and I looked at him cautiously. Even though he was god like, he was very confronting. Typical cocky attitude.

"And what do you want Jordan" I asked as I had a good hold on the door.

"I was wondering if Paul Foster was home, He rang up a few days ago asking could we send a package to a girl named Jessica Stanley but one of our employees didn't write down the address, since I was in the area delivering I figured I could grab it off him and present him with a face to face apology for the mix up since he's a regular customer" He smiled innocently and anger rippled through me, he was still seeing Jessica and sending her laundree.

"No he's not here at the moment, I'll let him know you stopped by, I'm sure you could reach him by phone or email if it's that urgent" I sneered before slamming the door on his pretty face. I headed back to the kids and we decided to have pasta for dinner, the boys helping me make it while Amy sat in her highchair. As much as I wanted to avoid it, Paul and I were getting closer, I mean one year younger wasn't that bad right. I shook my head as I stirred the boiling pasta, like it mattered anyway, he was still fooling around with those girls.

"Rachie, for dessert can we have the lollypops we bought today" Alex asked as him and Riley beamed at me innocently.

"Yeah but not till after dinner" I said and they both nodded and high fived each other. Riley hugged my leg as Alex put out the plastic plates and cups.

"You know I'd rather a mum and a Rachel than a mum and dad like everyone else" He said as he snuggled my leg. I ruffled his hair, smiling before he went to help Alex. I served up their dinner and fed Amy hers before settling the boys down in front of TV with their lollypops and giving Amy a bath then getting her a bottle and putting her in bed. Next I got the boys bathed and into bed, reading their picture books and kissing them goodnight before I had my dinner and washed up. I quickly changed, to exhausted for a shower and checked that the boys were asleep then went to curl up on the lounge with a blanket. I decided to watch '10 things I hate about you' since it was one of my favourite movies and enjoyed a hot chocolate for dessert. It was about 11 when I heard Paul pull up. I got up as he came in the door, an angry expression on his face. One look at my face and he knew I was pissed off as well.

"Look Rachel, I'm not in the mood for an argument" He said as I folded my arms.

"What because Jessica didn't get her underwear" I asked and he looked at me confused, he knew the face well, he could be an actor.

"Okay then" He muttered, walking in the kitchen to heat up the leftovers I had put away. His hair was damp from the rain that had been pattering down since six and shirt was pretty much soaked.

"Jordan call you" I asked through my teeth as he slammed the microwave door.

"Alright, what the fuck are you talking about" He said, spinning around to face me.

"I didn't know Victoria's secret delivered" I said casually and he stared at me dumbfounded.

"Whose Jordan and why are you talking about an underwear company" he asked and I snorted.

"Cute, does that act work on the other girls too" I snapped and he shook his head.

"Rachel what are you..." He said then froze, his eyes darkening and going wide.

"Finally realised I know your secret" I hissed as his eyes searched around the room. Was he really looking for a way out. The microwave beeped as it finished, breaking the silence in the room. It continued to beep as Paul's eyes landed on the hallway to the front door. "At least press stop for Christ sake" I said through my teeth as I went to reach past him. He grabbed my wrist as I leaned past him and gripped it tight, bringing it to his face. He took a deep breath as I tried to wriggle my way out. "What the hell are you doing" I said, trying to pull away. His grip tightened and I winced at the pain and then yelped as he pulled me to him, his dark eyes dangerous as his other hand fisted at my back, gripping the fabric in his hand.

"Where were you today" He growled as my wrist ached. I'm guessing he meant besides the smorning when I went the shops with him.

"Here, let go of me" I said and his grip tightened on my back.

"All day" He asked and I nodded. "Did anyone come here" He demanded and I scoffed.

"Like you can even ask me that you asshole, fuck off" I sneered and he growled.

"Who came here" He said through his teeth.

"No one, no one has been here at all, Emily cancelled on me, the only person besides me and the kids has been you and some stupid delivery boy who asked for you" I said and he let go of me and pushed me away as he stormed into the lounge room. As he was walking past the stairs his eyes flew up them and then he ran up them in a flash.

The kids.

I raced up after him as the thought of them floated through my mind, were they okay, what had he heard. I was at the top of the stairs just as he checked the rooms and softly closed the doors. My hard breathing had him meeting my eyes before he went into my room and I walked after him. He was in the door way, shaking and I looked past him to see my room was trashed. Nothing was broken but my clothes were everywhere, along with my underwear. My sheets were tied in knots on my bed posts and my mattress was under a bunch of clothes.

"Check and see if everything's here" He said before walking past me and going to his room. I did a quick survey and seemed to have everything except for a photo of Jake and I when we were little that had originally sat on my bedside table. I walked out and into Paul's room where on his wall in big black letters was the words 'Dead wolf'. My stomach plummeted down in a shocking drop of nausea and I looked to Paul and he only had a piece of paper in his hand along with a photo. I leaned over him and looked to find the photo of me and Jake. My face was circled and the word 'Dead' was underlined with an arrow pointing to me. On the paper it said...

Wolf boy

You seemed the easiest to pass along the message

Fight against the army and all your brothers

Your families and most importantly your bitch

Will be dead, pass this on to the others

Look forward to not seeing you

The red head.

As I re-read the words my mind rolled, trying to make sense of it. Who the hell was red head would be my first and followed by who was the army and why she wanted everyone dead. I looked back to the words on the wall and anger spiked in me. Crazy bitch.

"Who the fuck is this bitch" I snapped and Paul's eyes met mine before he grabbed the front of my shirt and pulled me to him. His lips slammed on mine and at first I thought it was anger but this kiss was full of a need for distraction. He pulled away and dug his face into my neck, breathing in deep.

"One of them got past, he could have hurt you, killed you, I should have been here, he wouldn't have even set his eyes on you, he touched you, fuck, fuck, fuck" He said and I felt him shaking, this wasn't anger, this was fear and worry and relief.

"Paul" I said, my voice dry from the lack of bodily fluids producing in my throat and mouth. It had just dried up. He shook his head, as if to say 'give me a minute'.

"I smelt it, when I first got here, I thought it was me, we had taken down a few today, then I smelt it on you and I freaked, I hurt you, I had to search, then I thought it got near the kids and I had to check, he was in your room Rach" He said into my neck and then he slowly pulled back.

"I don't understand, Paul tell me" I said and he met my eyes.

"A vampire was here today, in this house with you, he touched you" He said and my mind flickered to the Jordan guy from earlier. He was a vampire, how could I not tell, no he couldn't have been.

"His eyes, they weren't red like the purple haired girls, he was from Victoria's Secret, he knew your name" I said, shaking my head and Paul's eyes narrowed.

"Eye contacts, they can last up to 2 hours with them, Victoria how original, I need to call your brother" He said, his voice back to anger. He went to pull away but I clung on.

"I-I can't stand by myself, the kids, he could have hurt them, I can't breathe" I said, shaking my head as I fought to get oxygen into my lungs while trying to make my legs not so Jell-O like.

"Babe sit down, you can breathe okay, you're doing it right now" He spoke as he lowered me to the bed, supporting me. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and hit a few numbers before holding the phone up to his ear. I heard my brother's tired voice answer.

"What do you want Paul" He said.

"Black, there's been a vampire in my house, while Rach and the kids were here, he's gone now, he's one of the red headed leeches and he left us a message, get over here now, call Sam and the others" He said before Jake replied with 'Be right there' and hung up. In ten minutes the house was full with tiptoeing werewolves and a worried Emily. They were searching the house for scents and clues while other were out on patrol, searching for the so called Jordan. When my room had been searched through, Emily and I got started on folding the clothes and putting them away. Embry helped put the mattress back on the bed and then got back to the guys. I was untying the sheets, or trying when the second wave of fear hit me and warm tears ran down my face.

"Rachel honey" Emily said, hearing the laboured breathing and putting her arm around me.

"God Em, what if he had hurt the boys while I was giving Amy or bath or got Amy after I'd put her down, what if he was coming back but Paul interfered" I said as she rubbed my back.

"There all 'What if's' Rach, you and the kids are safe okay, none of this is your fault" She said soothingly as I wiped at my face.

"I want answers tonight, about this Victoria and her Army" I said as I continued to untie the sheet.

"You and me both" she muttered, continuing to fold clothes. My room was in reasonable shape as we went into Paul's with a bucket of warm soapy water and cloths. We started scrubbing at the words that were coming off gradually. After an hour of hard scrubbing we pretty much got it off, it just looked like a dirty wall but Emily said Sarah wouldn't notice and she'd come by when Sarah was working again and help me get rid of the rest. Before heading down stairs I checked in on the kids who were all still sleeping peacefully. I breathed out in relief and went down to find the lounge room full of angry and worried men. Emily went straight over to Sam and rested a hand on his shoulder as he talked.

"They've made it personal now, I'm not sure fighting is a good idea" Sam said in a strong voice.

"They'll still attack anyway, their new vampires Sam, blood will make them crazy, La Push will be a slaughter zone if we don't" Jake said, annoyance on his face.

"They just threatened to kill your sister and our families if we do, you're willing to risk that, it's not just about your leech lover anymore" Paul snapped and Jake glared over at him.

"Oh yeah and what happens when they wipe out the Cullen's, where do you think they'll go, the leech won't have use for them after that, they'll head straight here and kill her in front of your eyes" He growled.

"He has a point Paul" Embry said softly.

"This fuck head didn't come into your house, touch your girl, didn't go into your little brother's or sister's room or leave a fucking letter on your bed's" Paul snapped.

"It's everyone's family in danger here Paul and she wants you to back out, she knows your one of the hotheads and if you back down it will make us less cautious, that's why she chose you and she's hoping you'll pull us back with you" Sam said in his alpha voice. I watched as Paul put his elbows on his knees and ran his hands through his hair, gripping it tightly as he tried to think. "I'm going to call a meeting with the Cullen's, see what they think, I'm going with whatever is the less of the risk for our families and I want four of us on patrol, everyone's going to have to pick up and I'll have the younger guys check up on everyone's family every few hours till we have this sorted, I'll tell the elders to make sure no one goes off solo and that everyone has a phone on them at all times" He said as his hand reached back and gripped Emily's. "Jacob call the Cullen's and arrange a meeting for tomorrow, midday, we all need some sleep, Embry, Quil, Jared and Leah are on first patrol, I'll send guys out to take over in the morning, that's it" He said, standing up. Everyone got up and went off to do whatever they had to and Leah pulled me into a hug.

"I'm staying here when Paul goes on tomorrow afternoon, we'll tell Sarah it's a sleep over" She said before running off after Jared and the others. Jake walked over to me and I met his eyes.

"You should have told me what was going on Jake" I said and he sighed.

"I'm sorry Rach, I just, I need to protect her" He said quietly.

"Just go protect our dad, I'll talk to you later" I said and he nodded, hugging me before going off. Emily hugged me goodbye and Sam comforted me with words before leaving me there with Paul who was still sitting on the edge couch. I walked over and sat next to him.

"So who said I was your girl" I said, trying to get a response out of him. He didn't even twitch. I sighed and got on my knees before wrapping my arms around his shoulders and resting my cheek against the back of his head. I stayed there for a good ten minutes before I realised even a hug couldn't make him feel better. I slid to one side so I was curled around his side before I tried to pry his hands out of his hair. "Paul I need you to let go of your hair and look at me" I said in a calm voice and he sighed, letting his hands fall and his head raise up so he could look at me. I used the time I had to slide onto his lap and straddle him. His hands came up to rest on my thighs as I rested my hands on the sides of his face. "Everyone will be fine" I said softly and he gave me a weak shrug. I shook my head at him and leaned forward, connecting my lips to his. I moved my lips, waiting for a response that I wasn't sure I'd get when his began moving against mine. He didn't turn it rough or hot, he just kept kissing me, gently, softly. Savouring it. This was the kind of kiss I liked, if I knew there wasn't worry behind it. It scared me but right now I knew it was keeping him from thinking about the inevitable and I was satisfied with that. After we stopped we curled up together on the lounge and fell asleep.

A/N- Wow, I think I really am in love with Paul.

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