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PPOV

Heh. Jason. That was a good one, if I did say so myself.

How far could I take this Jason thing?

"Isn't Kelly on for the morning shift?" Embry raised an eyebrow at me, smirking.

"Hi to you too, Paul. Looks like you were looking forward to seeing a special someone." He laughed. "She's just late, calm down Mr. Over-protective." He chuckled again.

"I'm not worried about her. Why should I care?" I scowled, looking away. Good, she was just late…

"Right, you so don't think about her every night before you go to bed..." He ducked away from a magnet I threw at him. We really needed to start selling more dangerous souvenirs...

"Hey Embry, sorry I'm late..." I turned around the second I heard her voice. I smiled. "Oh, hey Jason, didn't think you'd be here." My smile fell as she walked by me.

"Morning Kells." Kells. Kells? Since when did he call her Kells?

I stared as Embry made way for Kelly to get behind the counter. They smiled at each other, for way too long if you ask me.

I cleared my throat. Loudly.

They both looked up. Kelly looked startled, almost like she forgot I was there...

Okay, either she was a really good actress, or something was seriously wrong here.

"So, Kelly, ready to tell me what happened to your hand?" She glanced at Embry before looking at me.

I clenched my teeth against the surge of anger that rushed through me. I didn't care. I shouldn't care if she and Embry shared looks, and had nicknames for each other…

"My hand? Oh, well, I don't know really..." Now I looked at Embry. She was joking. How far did she intend to let this 'pretend not to know Paul' thing go?

But Embry shook his head.

I scoffed.

She was serious. She really didn't remember me.

Did someone drug her while I was gone? Or was two weeks really long enough to...?

I shook my head at myself.

I didn't care. This was a good thing. I didn't want an imprint. If she could forget about me, I could forget about her too...

This was a good thing.

Right?

So why did I have this sudden urge to take Kelly by the shoulders, and make her remember me?

"Jason? Are you okay?" I glanced at Kelly. Or at one of her.

Dammit.

"I'm fine, just going to take my break now." I ran out the door, barely making it to the forest before phasing.

I lost my imprint. She didn't know who I was...

So why did I feel so empty?

I knew imprinting would turn me soft.

KPOV

"What was-"

"Nothing, just forget about it." I raised an eyebrow at him. "Oh, shoot sorry! No pun intended? I'm sorry Kells, I really didn't mean to be offensive." I laughed.

"Don't worry about. But really, what was up with Jason?" Embry winced.

"I can't take this anymore," he muttered, turning away from me. I frowned.

"Can't take what?"

"His name is Paul! And well, you do know him, kind of..."

"Kind of?"

"No, no, I've said too much already." He put his hand to his forehead and exited to the back room.

"And you called me dramatic?" I called after him.

He only laughed. "I can't hear you!" I groaned. So childish...

Paul. So he was Paul? But why would he tell me his name was Jason?

So he was being sarcastic! I knew it! Well, not really, I called him Jason for a whole day and a half.

I groaned again, burying my head in my hands. How embarrassing!

But, he let me get away with it, so we must have been close. Right?

Well, he didn't know about the memory thing, so we couldn't be that close. And he called me Kelly, so he wasn't at the Embry stage...

Why couldn't I remember Paul?

Normally, when I forget people, it's because I hadn't seen them in a while, or they simply just weren't important enough.

Or maybe Paul was like my dad...

No, no one could ever replicate the feelings dad's death caused me. No one.

I glanced behind me into the back room. Embry was gone.

I rolled my eyes. Typical.

Embry knew. He knew who Paul was to me. I bet he probably knew what happened to my fingers too.

I glared at the cast. He signed as Jason... That's taking sarcasm to a whole other level.

"Hello?" I sat up. Someone was actually in the store. As a potential customer. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket afterwards…

"Yes? Oh jeez, hello!" He stared at me with an amused expression. I racked my brain for the words Embry had told me to say if anyone ever walked into the shop. The words I had heard the first time I walked in... The words Paul said.

"Don't worry; I don't want to buy anything."

I smiled apologetically, but I was still thinking about Paul. I remembered something about! It was brief, and didn't seem like a good memory, but it was still something.

"Um, so what can I do for you?" He smiled.

"I was looking for Paul, do you know if he's around..." He glanced at my nametag. "Kelly?" I smiled.

"Actually-" I glanced up just as Paul walked in the door. The man turned to, luckily enough.

I had just decided that I wanted to mess with Paul a bit. You know, get karma started on the right track...

"Paul." Paul nodded at the man, but he was staring at me. He looked puzzled. Good.

"I'll be in the back; you can watch the store for a while, right Jason?" Paul scoffed, shaking his head at me.

"Yeah, sure." I smiled, leaving them alone.

"What's Jacob doing here?" I jumped, almost knocking over a box of key chains, and giving my secret spy hideout away.

"Crap! Embry, you scared me!" He smiled, leading me away from where Paul and I guess Jacob were talking. I couldn't hear a word they were saying, but their facial expressions were pretty entertaining.

"Don't you know it's rude to listen in on other peoples conversations?" I shrugged.

"It's not like I could hear anything anyway..."

"Fine, fine. So, Kelly what would you say if asked you to meet some of my friends?" He smiled, but something seemed off...

"Haven't I already met them...?" Embry sighed glancing over my shoulder. I fought the urge to turn around to look too.

"Didn't think you'd remember," he muttered. I raised an eyebrow at him. He was already using the memory thing against me? That was low...

"You have to leave Paul. We can't let you and Embry stay behind." I glanced at Embry before walking back towards the store.

"It's not his imprint that's left unprotected, make him go."

"Well, I was under the impression that you. Didn't. Care." There was silence.

"Kelly?" I turned to look at Embry. "What do you say? To meeting my friends?" I looked behind me and met Paul's dark eyes. He nodded once before looking away.

I turned back to Embry.

"Yeah, sure." I took off my apron and followed him out the back door. "Sounds like fun."


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