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Chapter 10: Everything Happens on a Thursday

Maiyah's POV

11pm

It was a Thursday. Everything seems to happen on a Thursday. This time last week I accidentally accepted the offer of a date with Amos, got painfully close to kissing Paul and then subsequently fell out with him. This Thursday I met an imprint, watched another imprint happen and had my own imprint drama. So it's Thursday still and I'm currently kissing the most amazing man in the world. Perhaps I'm dreaming. Maybe I should go back and explain.

7 Hours Earlier- 4pm

As soon as I got in from school I knew I had to start on the mountain of work that was rapidly piling up. If I wanted any chance at graduating I needed to complete it all with at least 80% accuracy. It was slowly killing me and I'd only been home from school for ten minutes. Paul told me he wanted to help me study and yesterday was the first time he came round to help. I discovered he can be very distracting when he has that serious, concentrating face on. He wouldn't be round today though, he had patrol until 7 and I didn't like to study past then in case my brain exploded.

Embry was going on his second date with Sadie Cooper this evening and said I would get to meet her after. I was looking forward to it actually. After all, she would end up as my future sister-in-law whether she knew it yet or not. The whole pack worked at a garage they had set up and it was a thriving business. Embry had been sent home from work by Sam. Apparently he was just too jumpy to be working on cars. It also meant that he was home to harass me with all his worries and problems over stuff like what to wear. Honestly, he was such a girl sometimes.

"Maiyah, please just help me. I swear this is the last time I'll ask" he begged as he raced into my room.

"You said that the last three times you came in here" I said in a flat tone and giving him a look.

"But I mean it this time" he whined looking like a lost puppy.

I sighed and rolled off my bed. Embry grabbed my arm and dragged me down the corridor to his room which was an absolute tip. He had clothes strewn everywhere in his mad panic to find the perfect shirt.

"Which one?" he asked holding up two practically identical light blue shirts. I raised my eyebrow and folded my arms.

"You can't be serious?" I snorted attempting to leave. Embry leapt in front of me and blocked my exit.

"You don't understand. I really want to impress her" he said in exasperation.

I narrowed my eyes slightly. Of course I understood. No matter what I did to try and make Paul notice me, it never made any difference. I sighed as I realised Embry really did need help. I studied to two shirts and finally picked out the one with the white cuffs.

"She'll love it" I reassured him with a smile as he put it on, his fingers shaking madly.

Embry rushed into the bathroom and as I walked past to go back to my room, I saw him trying to straighten out his hair. I chuckled to myself. He really was trying to impress this girl.

I stretched back out on my bed surrounded by equations and graphs. Lovely. I managed to get a whole half hour of work in before I heard a strangled cry from down the hall. I smacked my head against the calculator and groaned as I heard Embry's pounding footsteps coming my way.

"She's coming here" he cried out when he reached my room.

"Yes, I know. You told me the whole plan. When you've finished with dinner, you're going to bring her-"

"No" yelled Embry, cutting me off, "she's coming now! I haven't tidied my room up or anything. What if she thinks I'm a tramp?"

"You're taking her into your room?" I asked with a frown before groaning, "I did not need to know that. I think I'll go out tonight if you're going to be doing the dirty with your bird"

"Ok fine, but can you keep her busy while I try and fix the place up a bit?" asked Embry already tugging on my jumper.

"Fine, but if I fail my senior year, I'm blaming you" I grumbled as I got up again, "when's she getting here?"

"In like two minutes" said Embry who was suddenly beaming.

I stomped downstairs and dropped onto the sofa, flicking on the TV. I flipped through the channels but just left it on the news. I leapt up when I heard the doorbell and switched off the set, not wanting to make a bad impression on my first meet. I pulled open the door and smiled. Sadie Cooper was very pretty. She had pale skin with a few freckles dotted over her straight nose, big blue eyes and thick curly brown hair. I was impressed.

"Hi, you must be Sadie" I said smiling and holding out my hand.

"Yeah, hi" she said with a grin, taking my hand, "you're the famous Maiyah Call then"

"What now?" I asked in shock.

"My sister talks about you all the time. It's kind of freaky. Apparently you stopped her getting bullied in eighth grade" said Sadie, smile still in place. My mind whirred trying to think what she meant.

"Oh" I exclaimed, "you're Heather's sister then"

"Guilty" laughed Sadie, waving her hands above her head. Yes, I liked this Sadie very much. Sibling approval granted.

"Come on in" I said stepping back and allowing her entry to the luxury mansion that I called my home.

Sadie stepped in and looked around nervously. I snorted when a loud crash came from upstairs, but regained my composure at the look on Sadie's face.

"Sorry, Embry's just trying to sort his life out" I said leading Sadie into the living room, "would you like a drink?"

"No, I'm ok thanks" said Sadie with a smile as she sat on the sofa. I took a seat at the other end of the sofa and tucked my legs under me.

"So, you and Embry, huh?" I asked with a mischievous grin. Sadie blushed like a tomato, her pale skin glowing bright red.

"Yeah, he's a really great guy" she said twisting her curly hair around her fingers as a dreamy expression came over her face.

"You met at the school didn't you?" I asked even though I already knew every tiny detail of the imprint.

"Yeah, I was there for the parent teacher night. I didn't want to go but you know what the parents are like" she said with a chuckle, before obviously realising that, no, me and Embry had no idea what it was like to have parents, "I mean, well, anyway, I'm glad I went"

"I don't think he's ever been this happy" I said trying to ease the awkward feeling in the room.

"Really? You really think he likes me?" said Sadie beaming and leaning towards me.

"He likes you. A lot" I said grinning. I didn't quite come out and say that he already was head over heels in love with her, that might just make everything a bit too weird. We both turned as Embry came stumbling through the door, his eyes lighting up as soon as he saw Sadie.

"Hi" she said brightly, leaping up and jogging towards him.

"Hey" he breathed before pressing his lips to hers and pulling her against him.

I sighed as they got caught up with each other. Why couldn't Paul see me like that? Why was I always the little girl still? I know it was selfish to want more, but I couldn't help my feelings. I got up and walked towards the stairs.

"Have fun tonight guys" I said as they left the house, neither of them paying much attention to me.

I went back to staring at equations for a while longer before giving up and moving onto the essay I had to write for English. My phone buzzed and I pulled it out to check it. It was Leah.

Hey kid, you want some company? X

I thought about it for a moment before deciding that Embry would never know if I had Leah round. He was too wrapped up with Sadie, so I quickly typed a reply.

Sure. Just come up when you get here x

I flung my phone on my desk and tried to concentrate on my essay for a while before Leah arrived. She bounced into my room and flung herself on my bed, scattering all my notes. I raised my eyebrow as I looked at her over my shoulder.

"What? I've had a great day. I needed to share the joy" she said gathering my papers together and dumping them in a pile on the floor.

"Oh really? What happened?" I asked turning round and facing her.

"I did a perfect cut today. Got full marks for it" said Leah proudly. She had decided working in the garage wasn't for her and was taking a part time course in hairdressing up in Port Angeles. I knew it had always been her dream and ended up beating up Collin for laughing at her.

"Nice one" I said high fiving her.

"How's the work going? Paul any help yesterday?" asked Leah, wiggling her eyebrows. I kicked her arm and smirked.

"He was helpful but very distracting" I admitted, biting my lip.

"Aww, little Maiyah's growing up so fast" she said cackling like a witch, "you should make a move"

"Are you crazy? I tried that once before and now I'm friend zoned. Maybe when I'm like 30, he'll think of me differently" I said with a sad sigh. That was 11 and a half years away. Oh yes, those half years always matter. And I don't think I can wait that long.

"You sure you can wait?" asked Leah as if she read my mind, I cocked my head and stared at her, "never mind. Right, let's go downstairs. I'm hungry"

She clambered off the bed and ran out of the door. I sighed and followed after her. By the time I got downstairs, Leah was practically half inside the fridge. I slapped her backside as I walked past, making her jump and hit her head on the roof of the fridge. I couldn't stop laughing and had to clutch hold of the counter to stop from literally rolling about laughing. Leah chucked an apple at me which I caught and just started eating. Although half of it ended up on the counter as I spat it out while I laughed.

"Why am I even friends with you?" grumbled Leah as she started frying bacon.

"You love me really, don't you Leah" I said wrapping my arms around her waist and grinning up at her. She stared down at me with an incredulous look in her eyes. I stuck my lip out and pretended to be all upset.

"You have issues" she said with a snort.

I let go of Leah as I heard a knock at the door. I didn't know who would be knocking on my door at nearly 6pm. Shrugging, I went to answer it. When I pulled the door open I raised my eyebrows. Amos was stood shivering on the doorstep.

"Oh my god, why didn't you answer my texts?" he said as soon as I opened the door.

"My phone's upstairs sorry. What's the rush?" I asked letting him walk inside.

"You borrowed my Geography textbook last week and I need it to do the homework that's in for tomorrow. Emphasis on tomorrow" he said shaking my shoulders as if it would make me more pro active about homework.

"Oh, sorry, I completely forgot. You want it now?" I asked heading towards the stairs.

"Yeah sure. Ooo, you having bacon?" he asked, following me upstairs.

"Yeah, Leah's making something. You want to stay for something to eat?" I asked as I searched my room for the suddenly elusive textbook.

"Go on then. I won't say no to free food" laughed Amos, patting his stomach.

I finally located the textbook in the most normal of places, down the side of my laundry basket. Obviously I just couldn't wait to read the book so I put it in a safe place to save for later reading. Insert shifty face here. I handed Amos the book and we went back downstairs. He shed his jacket and shoes and followed me into the kitchen. Leah had her head in a continuous stream of smoke from the rapidly crisping bacon.

"Oi, smoke head" I yelled, flinging a window open, "are you trying to burn my house down?"

"A little smoke never hurt anyone. Now quit complaining or you won't get any" said Leah, swatting at my head with the cooking tongs.

Leah turned when she heard Amos laugh. I didn't think anything was up until I realise the room was suddenly very quiet apart from the constant sizzle of the bacon. I looked between my two friends and my eyes widened. Leah's expression was a mixture of shock and excitement and her jaw appeared to have dropped to the floor. No way in hell had that happened. Not Leah. And not Amos.

"Leah?" I asked cautiously.

"With you in a minute" she said vaguely, dropping the tongs into the frying pan and stepping out of the smoke.

"Hi" said Amos who also stepped forward. I collapsed into a chair at the table, my mind whizzing uncontrollably.

"Who are you?" asked Leah, now only a foot away from Amos.

"Amos Grady. I go to school with Maiyah" said Amos, his smile matching Leah's.

"Oh, you're Amos? Well, I'm Leah" said Leah with a nervous laugh. A nervous laugh? Leah doesn't get nervous. She's tough as old boots.

"I'll get the bacon" I grumbled, getting up before the house did actually catch fire.

Neither of the two bothered to acknowledge me as they were now caught up in the magic of another wonderful imprint. Why did it have to be Amos? Why couldn't Leah have imprinted on some random person from Forks?

I made a pile of bacon sandwiches and dumped them on the table before grabbing the ketchup and beginning to eat. Leah and Amos were still standing and chatting nonstop to each other. I finished all the sandwiches without any complaints from the other two who were now exchanging numbers and talking animatedly. It got to nearly eight when I finally kicked them out. They were already arranging to meet up again.

I'm not going to lie and say I was totally happy. I was kind of pissed off. If Amos and Leah had just met earlier, then I wouldn't be in a mess over Paul and Leah wouldn't have had her day of depression and then we wouldn't have both got tattoos that we had to hide. I may have accidentally broken a picture frame as I stormed through the house, but I didn't care at that moment.

I growled when I realised Embry would probably be home soon. I left the house and started running towards the beach, trying to run off some of the pent up frustration. I stopped when I reached the beach. There was something calming about the beach. The way the moon hit the water making it glitter and the sound of the sand crunching. I walked to a secluded little cove and flopped down, staring out across the ocean. I didn't pay attention to the footsteps that were getting nearer. Whoever it was could just piss off and leave me alone.

"Hey"

I looked up quickly when I recognised the deep voice and just stared at Paul as he stood there in all his shirtless glory.

"Hi" I mumbled, clearing my throat and turning my gaze back out to sea.

I felt his heat surround me as he sat down in the sand next to me. We sat in silence for a while. I didn't want to look at him. He was the biggest reminder that I couldn't have him when everyone else was off getting all romantic.

"How did the studying go tonight?" asked Paul, breaking the silence. I kept my focus on the water though.

"Not great. Embry was a bit distracting and then Leah and Amos came round" I said, unable to stop the bitter tone from leaking into my voice.

"What's wrong?" asked Paul, automatically picking up on my unease.

"Leah imprinted on Amos" I said drawing my knees up to my chin and resting my head on them.

"Wow. Who'd have thought" chuckled Paul, "Leah finally imprinted"

I huffed and dug my hands into the sand, letting the grains drift through my fingers. He could laugh it up as much as he liked. Leah deserved an imprint but it being Amos was just fate kicking me down again. I wanted Paul so bad it hurt, but he just didn't want me that way and I was not about to make a fool of myself.

"I guess it's kind of weird for you though. I mean, it's two of your best friends" said Paul, nudging my elbow. I turned my head and rested my cheek on my knees, staring up at Paul.

"Yeah, but I think I'm happy for them. I know Leah deserves someone to love her and so does Amos" I said with a sigh, turning back to the ocean before muttering quietly, "at least they can love each other"

"What was that?" asked Paul leaning closer to me. I flinched and shuffled my feet in the sand.

"Nothing" I mumbled. He didn't want me. I wasn't perfect enough for him.

"Come on, let's go for a swim. It might cheer you up" said Paul leaping to his feet and holding his hand out. I stared up at him.

"Paul, it's nearly 9pm and it's January" I said still staring at him.

"Well observed clever clogs, you'll definitely graduate with information like that" laughed Paul before leaning down and pulling me to my feet, "now let's go"

I screamed as he threw me over his shoulder and started running towards down the beach.

"Let go of me" I yelled slapping his bare back.

"Your wish is my command fair maiden" said Paul stopping abruptly and dropping me into the water. I yelled out a round of expletives at the shock and splashed a wave at him as he bent over laughing.

"You're an idiot" I growled standing up and shaking the water out of my hair.

"Aww, come on, you could at least swim for a little bit now that you're in the water" said Paul pulling a stupid innocent, little kid face.

"Fine, but if I die of hypothermia I am holding you personally responsible" I said before splashing my way further into the water.

"Hypothermia? Oh please, you're a wolf. I don't think hypothermia even registers in our vocabulary" scoffed Paul racing after me and shoving me sideways so I fell into the deep water.

"You are going down" I yelled, swimming towards Paul who was floating on his back.

I pushed myself out of the water and belly flopped on top of him so he went down into the water too. I swam up to the surface as fast as I could to get away from Paul who had hit the floor.

"I didn't think you meant I was literally going down" he moaned as soon as he popped up.

"Oh I'm sorry, have you never met me? I don't make empty threats" I said with a sly smirk as I swam in a circle.

"Has anyone ever told you that you're a bit of a head case?" he said flicking water at me.

"Maybe, on one or two occasions" I said grinning and swimming closer to him.

Paul smiled softly as we floated in the water. I turned to my back was to him and stared out across the vast openness.

"I love it when the moon shines on the water" I said with a sigh.

"It really is beautiful" murmured Paul in an incredibly sexy voice.

I flapped my arms in surprise when I felt his warm arms encircle my waist and he pulled me back against his chest. I sighed and relaxed against him. I don't think he realised what he was doing to me. I felt like my whole body was on fire and my heart was pounding noisily. I craved this close contact with Paul. It was like a life source.

"We should head back" said Paul quietly in my ear, his arms releasing me and my whole being silently crying out in protest at the loss of contact.

I nodded mutely and swiftly swam back to the beach, wringing water out of my clothes and hair as I walked back up the sand. I didn't turn as I heard Paul jogging to catch up with me.

"Hey, Maiyah, what's wrong?" he asked, tugging on my arm. I stopped walking and turned to him.

"Nothing, I should be going" I said quickly. A bit too quickly.

"Maiyah, please, talk to me" pleaded Paul, taking my hands in his. It felt like my body was working on its own without my brain as my fingers laced together with Paul's.

"I can't do this" I whispered, staring at the ground.

"Do what? Maiyah please" said Paul and I could hear the stress and worry in his voice.

"I can't be your friend anymore" I whispered even quieter than before. It was true. I couldn't be his friend. I wanted more, I needed more. I needed him to be the one I spent the rest of my life with but as far much more than a friend. Paul dropped my hands and stepped back at my words. The look of hurt on his face sent a jolt of panic to my heart.

"You can't?" he asked hoarsely taking a loud gulp.

"No, I do, but I don't" I said trying to cover my mistake.

"I don't understand" said Paul confusion growing in his eyes, "what do you want from me?"

I swallowed noisily. It was now or never.

"I want you" I whispered going back to staring at the sand.

"You... want me?" asked Paul, tilting my head back up.

"So bad" I whispered, blushing furiously with embarrassment. Realisation dawned in his eyes and a strange expression came over his face.

"Holy shit" he breathed, running a hand through his hair, "oh man"

Oh god. I made a mistake. A giant mistake. I shouldn't have said anything. He didn't want me like that, he only wanted friendship and I ruined everything. I stepped back a couple of paces before turning and sprinting away, tears of embarrassment and shame racing down my cheeks. I heard Paul calling out to me but I just pushed my legs faster. I nearly made it home when Paul crashed into the side of me, knocking me into the forest that lined the road and sending me flying. I landed in a heap, Paul a few metres away breathing heavily.

"Please don't ever run away from me like that again" he panted, pulling himself into a sitting position.

I didn't reply just sat up, burying my face in my knees as more tears rolled down my face. I heard rustling and looked up to find Paul right in front of me, a look of pain on his face. He reached a hand up and wiped away some of the tears. I squeezed my eyes shut as his fingers brushed my cheek.

"Maiyah, look at me please" pleaded Paul quietly, I opened my eyes slowly and looked at him, "what you said at the beach, it surprised me ok? I just wasn't expecting it"

"It's ok, I get it, I shouldn't have said anything" I whispered, feeling incredibly stupid.

"No, it's not ok" said Paul with a sigh and I felt any shred of hope crumbling away, "you have no idea how special you are. You can tell me anything, and for you to have the courage to say what you did, well, you're amazing. And I should be honest with you too"

"What do you mean?" I asked feeling confused.

"What I mean is, I want you too. I want you by my side forever. I want to be able to hold you in my arms when I sleep and always know that you're safe. I know neither of us are perfect, I mean, I can be a complete moron and you well, where do I start. You're reckless and sometimes act without thinking, but you're also loyal and kind and just uniquely you. But together, we are perfect" said Paul getting ever closer to me. I sat stunned for a little while as his words sank in. Then I snorted with laughter.

"You're such a girl" I laughed, pushing him lightly.

"Out of everything I just said and all you come up with is that I'm now a girl" groaned Paul collapsing onto his back, his hands covering his face.

I knelt next to him and studied him. I was so glad he wasn't wearing a shirt. Paul had the perfect body. All that muscle that the light bounced off with every breath he took. I reached forward and lightly traced a path down his torso, smiling slightly as Paul shivered. His hands parted and he looked up at me. I bit my lip, wanting more than anything to just lean forward and kiss him.

"Stop looking at me like that" groaned Paul, swatting his hand at me.

"Like what?" I said innocently. Well, as innocently as I could manage with a cheeky grin plastered on my face. Paul quirked an eyebrow at me and smirked.

"You know exactly what you're doing" he growled playfully, rolling away and standing up, "come on, you should head home"

"Spoil sport" I grumbled and started to get to my feet.

I turned to dust the dirt and leaves of my still damp clothes when I felt Paul's warm fingers on the skin just above the waistband of my shorts. I snapped back around and grabbed his wrist.

"What are you doing?" I asked with narrowed eyes.

"I want to see your tattoo" he said trying to use the puppy dog eyes. I scowled as I remembered the promise I made.

"Look, there's a tattoo on my arm, you can look at that" I said pointing at the tribal ink.

"No, please, why won't you let me see?" he whined, trying to stretch his fingers forward.

"Because it's embarrassing, I don't want to have to go skinny dipping, and you won't let me do what I want, so no tattoo until then" I said hopping away from him and starting back towards home, checking the time on my phone. 11pm.

"Wait, Maiyah, what do you want?" begged Paul who started jogging along next to me like a clingy child. I stopped and faced him with a smirk.

"This" I said before reaching up and pressing my lips to his.

A/N: Ok a very long chapter but lots of things happened that I hope you all enjoyed! I know a lot of you waited a very long time for some of these things to happen :P

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