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Chapter 10

Embry howled so loud my ears were ringing. If that wasn't enough, there were equally loud howls coming from the backyard. Embry's head was low, growling menacingly at something I couldn't see, so I stood up. I could see it now, a tall blonde man, unnaturally beautiful, was preparing what looked like medical equipment in the living room. There was a midnight black wolf standing there watching him, and a boy who looked to be about seventeen, just as perfect as the first, helping him.

Embry turned to look at me, and gave out an awful whine. Something bad was going on. From the pale skin and Embry's reaction, I could guess that these two were vampires. Why they were setting up medical equipment at my house was still a mystery.

"We're frightening the girl." The young one stated as he looked at me.

"Sam, why don't you phase back and let her know what's going on?" That name made me flash back to the attack on the beach.

"Carlisle, I don't think Sam is the most appropriate one to tell her." The boy said, giving me a sympathetic look.

The black wolf huffed, looked at Embry, who shook his head, then walked out the noticeably broken front door. At this point I had been too scared to say anything, but seeing my door off its hinges made me furious.

"Who broke my door?" I yelled with furrowed brows. Embry once again looked at me with that 'this bitch is crazy' look in his eyes.

"Sam says he's sorry, he wasn't aware Jacob gave us permission to be here."

"And you are?" I asked as Embry backed up, blocking me in the kitchen even more.

"I'm Edward Cullen; this is my father, Carlisle." I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding. These were Jake and Makiya's friends.

"Why are you here? In my house? Isn't there some sort of treaty?" Embry whined again.

"We have permission to be here." Edward said with finality.

I just glared at him. Thanks for the short answers, asshole. I couldn't help but notice the small smile tugging at the corner of his lips. It was then I realized that this was the vampire that could read minds as I angrily called him every curse word I could think of in my head.

I didn't have much more time for thinking as I heard voices coming up the front walk. Embry still had me cornered in the kitchen, but I could see two large figures supporting another as they walked through the door. I felt an incredible pain in my heart when I noticed Paul, bruised and bleeding, and seemingly unconscious. They hadn't even taken the time to dress him. I rushed out from behind Embry before he could stop me.

"What the hell did you do to him?" I screamed at Jacob who held him up on one side, Seth the other. They laid him down on the couch, and I heard Carlisle mutter something about broken ribs and a broken jaw. He also had three long gashes down his side.

"I'm sorry, Aylen. Paul got ambushed on patrol. We got to him as quick as we could. We think one of them has the power to mask scents. We had no idea they were there." He looked down ashamed that he couldn't stop his brother from getting injured.

"Did you kill the motherfuckers?" I said lowly between gritted teeth.

"We tried, Ay. We got one, but the other got away." I broke down. Usually, I'm not one for crying, but at this point I couldn't help it. I thought I could handle the whole 'my boyfriend is a werewolf that fights vampires' thing, but I didn't know how to handle this.

I walked over and brushed Paul's hair off his face. Carlisle and Edward were done, and promptly left La Push grounds, Embry as their escort. I could already tell he was starting to heal. The gashes on his side were nothing but scars, his color was coming back, and he seemed to be breathing easier.

I just sat down on the floor by the couch, his hand in mine, ignoring everyone and everything around me except him.

"Paul," I whispered. "You can't do this to me, okay. You can't come home like this ever again or vampires won't be the only thing you have to worry about." I sighed. "Dr. Cullen said that you should be healed in a couple days, as long as you don't phase. So when you wake up, try not to kill Jacob for letting them come into the house. He was only trying to help."

"He's going to be fine, Aylen." Jacob come over and sat down by me.

I just nodded. "By the way Jake, if you ever EVER let vampires into my home again without my knowledge or permission, I will tear your balls off and shove them down your throat. Embry freaked out, and I thought we were under attack. And Sam was here. I guess you didn't tell him your brilliant plan either, because he broke my God damn door off."

He looked at the floor sheepishly. "Sorry about that."

"You're the leader, Jake, until Sam gets his head out of his ass. It's time you started acting like it."

Paul started to stir and his eyes fluttered open. "You're awake."

He gave me a goofy grin. "Hey, baby. How you doin'?

"Did Dr. Cullen give him pain meds?" I asked looking at Jake. He nodded, trying not to laugh. I looked at Paul. "You feeling alright, babe?"

"Never better." He answered through half closed eyes. He pulled my arm, yanking me on top of him. I couldn't help the giggle that escaped my lips. He pulled me tighter to him and gave me a sloppy kiss.

"I bet right now you could get him to agree with anything." Jacob said, raising his eyebrows suggestively.

"Hey, babe." I said. I was going to take this opportunity. If anything could help me get over the fact that my boyfriend had just got mauled by a vampire, it was that he was really high. "Can we get a puppy?"

"You can have whatever you like…yeah" I couldn't help but laugh at my big burly boyfriend singing TI. He continued to hum.

"I didn't know you liked rap music, baby." I grinned.

"Love it." He slurred back. "Shhh…don't tell nobody. It's a secret." He sounded like a five year old. Jake let out a barking laugh.

"Not anymore, dude."

"What other secrets are you hiding, Paul Masters?" I asked him.

"Awww, shucks babe. Don't ask me that." He replied.

"Come on…you know you wanna tell me all your secrets." I couldn't help but feel a little guilty taking advantage of his situation.

He took a deep breath. "One time…I was over at Jake's and I saw Rachel and Rebecca changing…definitely a highlight of my childhood." He smirked. Jacob growled. "Don't worry bout it, man. They totally dug me too." Jacob's face looked disgusted at the fact that Paul had seen both his older sisters naked. "Oh, and one time I made out with Kim when I was really drunk at a party." My jaw dropped.

"You kissed Kim!" I huffed.

"Yeah, babe. It's not like I meant to, it just happened. It was before her and Jared got together. Way before I met you."

"And you didn't tell anyone?"

"Not a soul."

"Oooo…Jared's gonna be pissed." I turned to glare at Jake.

"Okay, no more secrets. Next thing you know, he's going to tell me he had sex with Leah or something." I laughed.

"Well, we didn't have sex but…" I gawked.

"YOU HOOKED UP WITH MY COUSIN!"

"It's a small town, babe. People get around." He was wearing that stupid 'I'm really fucking high' face.

"That is so gross. And it's awesome, now me, Kim, and Leah have all made out with the same guy. That's just fucking great." I rolled my eyes and Jacob snickered.

"I think it's time for you to leave, Jacob. And Paul, you're sleeping on the couch tonight." He didn't even say anything, just closed his eyes and went to sleep.

"You're the one who wanted to play this game, Aylen." Jacob gave me a knowing look. I scoffed. "And he did tell you that you could get a puppy." He grinned.

"Go home, Jacob." I pushed him out the door. "And tell Sam that I work tomorrow, and when I get back, my damn door had better be fixed."

AN: A little action, a little crackness. Haha. As always, my lovely readers, read this chapter then tell me what you think. Much love, Aubs.