I'm back! My vacation was nice, but summer school is kicking my butt. Taking a 16 week course and condensing it to fit the 6 week semester isn't too smart lol. I haven't found anytime to write, this was done in sections. 5 min here, 10 min there, but I did it. Yay me! Enjoy!
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Morning couldn't come any quicker. I was ready for some answers. I hope Sam had some. I hopped out of bed (without tripping on my sheets!) and made my way to the bathroom. After I was washed up and had gotten dressed, I headed downstairs to grab an apple. I figured that Emily would have some muffins or something more for breakfast. She liked to keep her boys fed, and always had some type of food prepared, since the pack just dropped by anytime.
Mid-step I paused. The pack just randomly stopped by, what if Leah, or Jake are there? No, I could do this. I'm going to be a different Bella then I was yesterday. I would stand up to both of them. I can do this. I'm tired of always sitting on the sidelines, while stuff is going on all around me. Its time that I start taking control of my life.
With renewed vigor, I headed to my truck and started on the way to La Push. As I got closer, I felt a pull that I had never felt before. I wonder if this has something to do with the imprint. It felt like my soul was finally coming back together. Although this feeling was a little scary, I also enjoyed the feeling of belonging. Knowing I belonged to someone that would never leave me.
As I was driving past Jakes house, I felt a pang of hurt. I still don't want to believe that he would do something like this to me. There has to be something more going on. I don't plan on stopping until I figure out what is wrong with him.
The closer I got to Sam and Emily's house, the stronger the pull got. I knew that Paul was already there. When I arrived, it was all I could do not to jump out of my truck and bust through the door into Paul's arms. I stayed in my truck trying to calm myself down. I closed my eyes and put my head on the steering wheel. I couldn't let the imprint affect me like this. I had to keep it together
"Are you coming in the house, or are you planning on staying in your truck all morning?" I heard a deep voice say. I looked up and saw Paul smirking at me through my window.
I could feel myself calming down, just with him being near me. And he knew it too. "Yes I'm planning on coming in, gosh can't a girl have a minute or two to herself before the wolves descend." I said smirking right back at his arrogant ass.
"Haha, very funny Swan. Now hurry up and get your butt in the house. Em refused to feed us until you got here; something about making sure there was enough for you guys." Paul said as I got out the truck.
"Yea, well I've seen you guys eat and she has a point" I laughed as I said this. As we walked towards the house, I notice that Paul had put his arm around my shoulders and I had leaned into him. I don't think he even noticed. It just felt so natural for us to together; I wonder why I never noticed it before.
"What are you thinking so hard about over there"?
"Oh, just about now natural it feels for us to be together. And why I never noticed it before."
"I think it because you were so hung up over the leech, that you didn't notice anything around you. And when you were finally able to move on, Jake was right there. You couldn't really see any other options that may have been available to you".
I thought about what he said and it made sense, and it made me feel bad that I was so wrapped up in my own little world that I never thought to look outside of the little bubble I was in. I thought about something else he said and decided to tease him a little bit,
"So are you saying that you thought of yourself as an option that was available for me?" I asked with a smirk.
"Me? Nope" My face fell a little, "I just mean that not at first. There were too many factors at play. First you had a dated a leech, which was a big one, then Jake made it very clear that you were going to be his girl. Plus I never saw you like that. To me, you were just a girl that was dating one of my brothers."
We had stopped on the porch, "So what changed for you?"
"I think it was the day that I came to talk to you on the porch. I saw how uncomfortable you felt doing the meeting. And it didn't help the way that Jake and Leah were acting. No matter what I thought about you at the time, no one should have to go through that. I started seeing in another light after that. I saw that you had a good heart and were too kind for your own good".
"Wow, I didn't know that. But I think that was when I saw you differently too. I saw something beyond the tough, fuck the world attitude. I saw someone that can really be caring when they want to be. That's what made me call last night."
He laughed, "My secret is out, just don't tell anyone or I'll deny it all. Now enough chitchat, I can smell Ems wonderful cooking and I'm hungry." He said as walked into the house.
I laughed and followed him into the house.
I greeted Emily as I walked into house. She was in the kitchen finishing up fixing a plate for the two of us. I noticed that Paul had gone and sat down at the table that was currently occupied by Sam, Seth, Quil and Jared. I guess Emily let them go ahead and eat because they each had a plate full of food in front of them. I greeted them all as Emily handed me my plate and I took a seat next to Paul.
"Aww, look at the two lovebirds" snickered Quil
"Shut it Quil", Paul growled at him,
"Chill out dude, I'm actually happy that you imprinted on her. Maybe she can mellow you out some."
I was surprised that they knew about it all ready. Paul must have saw my face because he explained; "I phased last night to blow off some steam and these three were phased and caught my thoughts."
"Speaking of imprinting" Jared interrupted, "How is that you were able to imprint after all these months?
"That's why we came to talk to Sam, we hope that maybe he will have some answers for us." Paul said as he looked at Sam, who looked to be deep in thought.
After a while, Sam finally spoke, "I wish I could help you guys, but I have no answers. Paul, what happened right before you imprinted on Bella"?
"Well me and Bella had walked out of the restaurant and Jake followed, then he ordered me away from Bella"
"Wait, ordered you"? Asked Sam
"Yea, I felt the Alpha command run through me, it was if you had ordered me, but only it was a lot stronger. It felt like iron girders were being placed on my shoulders weighing me down."
I added in how I felt when Jake ordered Paul, "I'm not a wolf, but even I felt the command run through me. I could feel the power his words held."
"Wow", Sam looked shocked, "What happened next?"
"Well, I could feel my wolf trying to fight the command. He knew if we stepped away from Bella, that Jake would probably hurt her. Jake was so out of control and so close to phasing. My wolf finally broke through it, and it was as if something changed. Not only did I feel that command break, it felt like another had been broken too".
"Had Jake given you another command before what happened at the restaurant"?
"No, stepping away from Bella was the only one he gave me that night, but I still felt two commands break last night. So after I told Jake off about not being my Alpha, I turned to check on Bella, then bam, I imprinted."
We were all quiet as we thought about all the information that was given. I thought about it, could the second command that was lifted have been about me? It would make sense as to how Paul was able to imprint on me. Would Jake do something like that to keep me? No, I don't think he would, but what about his wolf?
"What if Jakes wolf issued a command about me"?
They all looked at me, "What do mean Bella"? Seth asked me.
"Well I mean think about. You guys consider you and your wolves as separate beings right? So what if Jakes wolf, knowing I was with Jake, issued some type of command about me."
Sam looked a little skeptical, "I don't know about that Bella, I'm sure we would feel a command that was issued. Plus I don't think that Jake has that type of power."
"Okay, well what about this?" I was on a roll, I could feel the wheels in my head turning, "You all knew that Jake was seeing Leah behind my back", they all looked down, feeling guilty, "So why didn't you guys tell me? You guys always looked like you wanted to say something, but never did. Isn't it possible you were unknowingly issued a command to keep quiet?"
They all thought it. Finally it was Seth that spoke up, "Now that you mention it, I did want to tell you. Every time I got the urge to tell you, it was like something was stopping me. I could never go through with it".
"Yea, me too" Quil added. "I didn't think it was right for Jake to be doing that to you after all that you had been through. He's my best friend, but wrong is wrong. I wanted to let you know, I really did, but like Seth said, something always stopped me."
"Okay then, say this is all true. How was Jake able to do this, and why was Paul able to mention it to her that one day?" Jared asked
Sam had an answer for that, "Because she was his imprint. Even if he hadn't imprinted on her yet, it was always there. You know we can't lie to our imprints. That's why he was able to bring it up. The imprint power overrode the command. As to how Jake was able to this, I have no idea"
We looked up as the door opened and we heard a voice, "I may have an idea…"
I wonder who walked through the door? lol. Next chapter hopefully coming soon Review and let me know what you think! Until next time!
