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"Get up Kelly. Now!" My thoughts seemed to bemoving in slow motion, and and could only focus on the hunched over...beast in front of me.
It was a wolf. I was sure of it. But wolves didn't get that big. Did they?
Embry grabbed my arm when I didn't move. He pulled me away from the wolf, and just as we turned a corner, it looked up, its eyes meeting mine.
"Paul?" But I couldn't see it anymore. I could only hear a continuous and eerie howl.
I shuddered and Embry pulled me into his side.
"Its okay. He won't hurt you. He can't." I didn't respond, but I could feel tears streaming down my face.
"Wait," I pleaded. Embry stopped and frowned at me. I quickly used my shirt sleeves to wipe down my face. "I don't want my family to worry." Embry nodded, and we walked to my house in silence.
"Look, Kelly, about what happened-"
"Don't. Nothing happened, okay?" He sighed.
"But you need to know..." I shook my head, reaching for the door.
"I don't think I want to."
PPOV
Stupid.
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
How could I have phased in front of her? And why did care so much if I did?
It shouldn't matter. She shouldn't matter.
She was just some girl who decided to work at the wrong place.
And I was just some unlucky wolf.
I howled again.
Dammit! At this rate I wouldn't be able to phase back until morning.
Which might be a good thing. Em and Embry wouldn't be able to guilt me into re-thinking this whole imprint thing.
Which was dumb and ruined peoples lives. I mean, look at Leah.
She was perfectly fine before Sam went and imprinted. Then she turned into a b...
But I guess she's okay now, cause she imprinted. And left the country..
I pawed the ground impatiently and waited for the tell tale burn to start in my back. Nothing.
I was beginning to think I'd be stuck like this for good. Phasing back had never been this hard. Never.
"Paul, are you still out here?" I grunted. At least it wasn't Embry.
Jared smiled when he found me.
"How long have you been like this?" I looked away. A couple of hours, but he didn't need to know that.
So I shrugged instead, which only made him laugh.
"Well, it must have been a while. Sam sent me out to give you the phase talk." I growled. Only the newbies got that talk. I knew how to phase back. I was just having some...difficulty.
"Shh! Now listen carefully, I want you to close your eyes, and think of something that makes you happy." I growled again. He was mocking me.
But I did what he said, Emily had promised roast for dinner...
I closed my eyes and immediatley thought of Kelly. Which made me mad all over again.
Why would I think of Kelly? She did not in any way at all make me anything but frustrated and angry.
"Whoa, Paul, calm down. I said happy thoughts, not someone stealing your toys." He smirked. "Now try again." I growled, but closed my eyes. Kelly again.
I growled, but let her run through my thoughts.
I didn't notice myself phasing back.
"Good job, but maybe next time, think of puppies. They tend to work more effectivley." I took my extra pair of shorts from him. "What did you think of anyway?"
I growled, pulling the shorts on angrily.
"My imprint. My freaking imprint." There, I admitted it. Embry would be proud.
KPOV
I couldn't stop shaking. I had done pretty well at thwarting Harry's questions, but he was worried. He always worried about me.
But I was fine.
Lots of people see their co-workers turn ito giant, wolf things. Lots.
Something tapped against my window, I jumped. God I was jumpy.
I got up, opened the window and dodged a pebble that flew through.
"Kelly?" I frowned, squinting into the darkness.
"Embry?"
"No. Guess again." I frowned again. Who else...?
"Paul?"
"Bingo." He stepped closer to the window and light from my room lit him up.
"What're you doing here?" I shuddered, edging away from the window as he edged closer.
For some weird reason, I could not for the life of me forget what I had seen that afternoon. I'd tried to distract myself. I even let Harry explain to me what he'd learned in chemistry that day. I hated chemistry.
But it didn't work. The images were permanently etched in my mind.
"I came to see you." I flinched.
"Please don't." I backed up further when his head poked in the window. He smirked and my heart jumped. What? No, Paul was dangerous, a wolf monster thing. But my brain just didn't seem to want to acknowledge that.
The fact that this half naked man was now climbing through my window was not helping.
"Don't what?" He smiled when I backed into the door.
"Just go away Paul." I winced when took a step closer. Now I was starting to freak out. If he turned into that wolf thing in here... The house wouldn't survive.
"Why should I?" He raised an eyebrow at me, but stopped walking.
I swallowed.
"Because, I don't want you here." He didn't say anything for a while and I... I tried to get my heart rate back to normal.
"Nope, not a good enough reason." He took two long strides towards me. I pressed myself as close to the door as possible.
He smiled, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear.
I slapped his hand away.
"Don't touch me," I hissed.
"Why not?" He reached for my hand, I put them both behind my back.
So he started touching face instead. Which was weird because... Who did that?
"Stop." I tried to push him away, but he was being stubborn. "Paul!" He smiled, leaning in towads me.
I turned my head away, but he turned it back. His eyes were closed and he looked so..happy.
I grimaced, freed one of my hands and slapped him accross the face.
His eyes flashed open and we glared at each other in silence.
I tried to ignore the throbbing in my hand. Slapping him was so worth whatever injury I had just sustained.
"Did you just slap me?" He took a step back and the shaking started. He looked more shocked than anything.
"What? Did you expect me to let you walk in here and kiss me?" He took a step forward, getting in my face.
"You ungratefull little-" He growled, cutting himself off. He took a step back, glanced out the window then turned back to glare at me.
"You know what Paul? I may be forgetful, but I'm not stupid. I know you imprinted on me. And you were right, some of us are fine on our own. Now get out." His jaw clenched.
"I was going to give this imprinting thing a chance. I should've known better." He jumped out the window and I sunk to the floor.
I was shaking again. What was Paul doing to me?
Finals start Monday, so I thought I'd put up one last chapter until I start studying...
Okay, so I just wanted to say one thing before you guys get bored of this. I'm super grateful for all the reviews, favourites and alerts. I'm sorry if this chapter kinda sucks, I had a really bad week, and apparently, that affects my writing... Anyway,
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