Disclaimer: All characters belong to Stephanie Meyer except the original characters Nikki, David and Marie. I also own the plot line.

I do not own any part of the Twilight series

So this is the aftermath chapter.

Hope you like it. And I tried to stop Nikki being so moody.


And you can see my heart beating

You can see it through my chest.

Said I'm terrified but I'm not leaving

I know that I must pass this test

So, just pull the trigger

Russian Roulette – Rihanna


"You are an idiot. Why did you phase" someone growls, I recognize the voice as a female's

"It wasn't intentional. She pissed me off" A male says and I recognize that voice as Paul's

"She always pisses you off. What is new this time?" the female voice growls again

"Whoever is growling can you shut up" I talk my voice hoarse

"That would be Leah" a voice sighs above me

I crack my eyes open and blink a couple of times to remove the haziness and look above me to see my uncle Sam looking down at me, worry and sympathy in his eyes. I look around the room and see everyone looking at me.

"What the hell happened?" I ask as I recall Paul changing into a wolf

"Can everyone leave" Sam says and I hear a superior tone to his voice which makes everyone leave. Paul looks at me, an internal battle going on in his eyes on whether or not to deny my uncle or go ahead.

"Paul, Leave"

His eyes snap to me and I see the hurt in them before he lets Jacob lead him from the room. I sit up and groan as a dizzy spelt hits me and Uncle Sam lays a hand down on my shoulder to steady me. I look at him intently as he sits on the coffee table in front of me.

"Nikki do you know the legends" Sam asks

"No" I sigh "Dad never told me them, saying I was better off not knowing"

Sam sighs before he begins telling me the story of the Quileute tribe, as he is telling me I notice that whenever the subject of imprinting comes up he seems to talk quickly and move onto the next part of the story. As he finishes telling me I stare at the wall behind his head, all of the information about vampires and shape shifting men, and female counting Leah, runs around my mind causing me to feel sick.

"Nikki" Sam asks gently

"Monsters" I say turning to look at him "You're all MONSTERS"

I jump up from the couch ignoring the thumping in my head and run out the door, I see everyone gathered outside and shake my head and take off in a run off the direction of my house. The calls from the others being heard behind me, I ignore their calls and reach my house opening the door and slam it behind me, I head to my room and drop down on my bed and begin crying, letting all the frustrations from the last few days and also the feelings from the information I had just learnt.

I hear a whine outside my window and get up off the bed and wipe my eyes walking over and looking out to see the silvery grey wolf that I now know as Paul lying next to the window under the tree that's near it. I lean my head against the glass and stare into the wolf's eyes and feel my heart break as I see the hurt swim around his eyes. I shake my head and walk back over to my bed and throw the covers back before climbing underneath them, I sigh as the silence of my room and the soft whining of Paul cause me to feel uncomfortable. I climb back out of the bed and turn on my ipod and switch it to one of my playlist's and climb back into the bed allowing the sounds of Avenged Sevenfold to float out of the speakers.


I laugh along with my dad as I begin working on my car, I decided to totally remodel it to it's not anything like it's predecessor. I glance to the right to see Embry and Jake watching me wearily as though I'm going to scream and shout at them, much like I did with Sam. I didn't mean to call them monsters but how did they expect me to react after being told a story like that. I sigh as my dad walks away and place in my ear phones blocking out Jake and Embry so I can focus on what I'm doing.

As I re align the new engine I find myself thinking about Paul and my heart tugs as I think on what he can become, I know it sounds weird considering I called them monsters yesterday but I am not afraid of him. Somewhere deep inside I know I can trust him and he will never hurt me. I sigh and place down my wrench and grab my rag from the side and wipe my hands before pulling out my earphones.

"Jake" I call

"Yeah" he says looking up

"Erm can you ask Paul to come here on my break" I ask

"Sure" he nods "When is it?"

"In an hour" I say looking at the clock

"I'll let him know" he nods his eyes still showing weariness

"Don't worry Jake, I'm not going to blow up at you guys" I smile "That's reserved for Paul" I chuckle

"You know, you really are the female version of him" Embry comments

"So you guys have a habit of telling me" I chuckle

"You need to be more understanding with him Nik" Embry says walking over to me as Jake walks out the garage, his cell phone in hand "Your words hurt him"

"How" I ask

"You're his imprint"

"Okay now today is the second day I've heard that phrase and I have no idea what it means"

"Paul is the only one who can answer that question" Em sighs

"You guys and your mysteries" I mumble

Embry chuckles "Don't worry Nik, your in on the mystery now"

"Awesome" I reply sarcastically

Em laughs and walks back over to the car he was working on and I turn and finish off my engine. An hour later I sigh and turn to see Paul leant against the garage door, I smile at him weakly and he returns it. I wipe my hands off on my rag and place it down as I walk towards Paul, hooking my ear phones around my neck as I go. I walk past him and keep walking, I sense him behind me and sigh as I turn to look at him once I know I'm away from Jake and Embry's prying ears.

"You okay?" Paul asks me

"Were you ever going to tell me?"

"Yes, Nik I was going to tell you but I needed to get my head around things. This imprint business is new to me and with you being as stubborn and broken; I didn't know where I stood"

"Paul" I say softly

"Yeah"

"What is an imprint?"

"I was hoping you didn't ask this question" he sighs

"Please Paul, I don't know what one is and I am utterly confused. If you love me as you say you do, please tell me"

"An imprint is when a wolf meets his soul mate. Basically once we look in the eyes of the person we are meant to spend our lives with nothing else keeps us tied to this earth"

"So you wolves are forced to love this girl?" I ask

"No, not forced" he sighs sitting in front of me "Basically we are pointed in the right direction. And no matter what happens we cant love another person the way we love our imprint"

"To me Paul that seems like a forced love" I sigh

"Not for me" he mumbles

"Come again?" I ask confused once more

"I loved you even before the imprint. But once I imprinted on you my old feelings were brought back and intensified by about a hundred"

"This wolf business is so mind boggling" I mumble

"Tell me about it" Paul mumbles

I sigh and look over his head, my eyes landing on the forest and I look out at it as I mull everything over in my mind. The heat on my face from Paul's gaze let's me know that he is awaiting an answer or something to come out of my mouth.

"What happens if the imprintee denies the imprint?"

"According to the legends the wolf and his imprint will feel severe emotional pain, and maybe even die"

"Awesome" I sigh

I look over to Paul and see him staring at the floor, his shoulders tense and I sigh as I get down and kneel in front of him. I cup his face and lift his head up so I can look in his eyes.

"Listen, this imprint business is a little heavy for me. But I know I feel something for you, and it isn't forced. But at the moment my moods are all over the place and sometimes I don't even know what my day is going to be like" I say staring him in the eyes so he knows every word is truthful "You need to be patient with me as there are going to be some days were I'm going to absolutely hate you, but against my better judgment I know I need you, and at the moment more then ever I need a friend"

He closes his eyes and pulls me into his chest and I wrap my arms around his torso, the warmth of his body soothing me. I feel him place a small kiss to my head and I know that deep down I have made the right decision. Because of my moods I know that sometimes I am going to think that my love for Paul and his for me is forced due to the imprinting, but I also know that he will fight to prove to me that he loves me naturally.

I pull back a little from his embrace and look up to him "Oh and no more visits to me in your wolf form. Your whinning his highly annoying"

He chuckles "I'll make a mental note not to do that"

"Why did you come last night?" I ask "I called you all monsters"

"I had to see you, know you were alright. When I say you faint and hit your head all thanks to me being a douche and phasing in front of you I felt so fucking angry with myself it took Jake phasing and sinking his teeth into my shoulder for me to see sense and calm down"

"You and your temper problems" I chuckle

"Like you can talk, I'm not the one suspended from school for three weeks"

"Eh them bimbo's deserved it" I shrug a small smile on my lips

"That baby, they so did"


So did I manage to calm Nikki's moods down?

Let me know what you think